Almost 61 and still learning

[mrydel]

OK. So I know most all of you will say you already knew this but I have asked the question often and no one has ever answered. I finally found out. If a player transfers out to a D1 school he has to sit out a year whether or not he gets a release. This I knew, but I never knew the significance of the release. I now have learned if he gets a release he can immediately receive financial aid from the new school. If he does not get a release he must pay his own way for the year he sits out and then can receive financial aid.

Sorry for all whose time I have wasted if you already knew this but you should have answered me before when I asked for the difference in release and no release.

Happy Father's Day to all we dads out there.

[Stallion]

Exception to Every Rule-The Sick Momma Rule-then he can play immediately

[cutter]

good to know.
thanks.

[PoconoPony]

Mrydel,I am still confused on what you mean by financial assistance. Does a release mean eligibility for some form of athletic scholarship assistance from the athletic department of the new school or does it mean with a release you are merely eligible only for university academic grants and scholarships. I guess what I am trying to ferret out is the relationship that the athletic department of the new school has with a transferring athlete during the sit out year.

[mrydel]

The transferring athlete, if not obtaining a release cannot be on athletic scholarship at the new school until he has sat out the required year. As far as other types of grants and assistance, I guess I will have to learn that another time.

The way I am hearing about this is due to Rotnei Clark who is trying to leave the Arkansas basketball program and Mike Anderson and Jeff Long will not grant him a release.

[Rayburn]

That is good to know, thank you professor.

[PoconoPony]

Mrydel, thanks for your response. If the new school provides you athletic assistance I am assuming that this assistance counts against your NCAA scholarship limits. This means that the new school eats one year of scholarship to get a kid with only 1 or 2 years of eligibility. Big decision to spend a scholarship on someone else's problem in most cases.

[originaloverthehilltop1]

mrydel--thanks for clearing this up--and i think this smacks of a cartel limiting its own competition. looking at this from the kids point of view, shouldn't the receiving school decide if and when it wants to extend its scholarship money to a transfer? how can it be fair to restrict a kid from getting aid that transfer year when, after all, the original school is only making a year to year commitment and can run a kid off for the flimsiest excuse, as we have all seen. no penalty to a school for running a student-athlete off, but automatic penalty for a kid who leaves of his own volition? your thots?