PROVO — The NCAA chiseled out more freedom to athletes this past week and that’s a great move. But it also created what some call a farm system for elite Power 5 conference teams.
Not so cool.
The rule change announced earlier this week enables athletes to transfer to another school without their coaches and athletic departments “releasing” them or “blocking” them from making that move to specific schools.
Most recently, that means when Utah receiver Tyquez Hampton announced he was leaving the Utes for other opportunities, the school couldn’t block him from transferring to other Pac-12 teams or future opponents like Wyoming and BYU.