College football recruiting looking like the Wild Wild West

[Tnphil]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31477534/tampering-arrived-college-football-looks-nba-free-agency

[PirateVOL]

The NCAA is dead, it just remains to be seen what is listed on the death certificate as the cause

[Tnphil]

Yep....I said a year and half ago when the NCAA was going to OK the 1 time transfer rule that it will become free agency and coaches would start recruiting players already at other schools. The NCAA has created a monster and they don't care.

Also I see a lot of schools will start signing 17-19 high school recruits and hold the other spots for transfers that's been in a college program 2-3 years.

[HerbTarlekVol]

Pretty much like high school football in the Knoxville area.  As Uncle Ted said, it's a free for all. 

[volsboy]

Transfers are going crazy. It is especially crazy all the trans in-conference. It's going to be hard to tell who has who until the first roster is released. Hope the Vols can land some good ones.

[JeffCountyVolFan]

The college game is surely going to change. I think that much is inevitable.

I'm not optimistic that this will improve the experience, especially for the older fans among us.

I can remember a time when I could list the starters for every major league baseball and basketball team. Now, i don't even watch MLB or the NFL.

[Black Diamond Vol]

The college game is surely going to change. I think that much is inevitable.

I'm not optimistic that this will improve the experience, especially for the older fans among us.

I can remember a time when I could list the starters for every major league baseball and basketball team. Now, i don't even watch MLB or the NFL.

I also remember when I could name the stadium for every pro sports team. Now, they’re all named after a corporate sponsor and the name changes every 4-5 years when the contract is up. 

[wtkvol]

The college game is surely going to change. I think that much is inevitable.

I'm not optimistic that this will improve the experience, especially for the older fans among us.

I can remember a time when I could list the starters for every major league baseball and basketball team. Now, i don't even watch MLB or the NFL.

Me too. It is liberating to finally grow up.

[JeffCountyVolFan]

Me too. It is liberating to finally grow up.

For me personally, free agency ruined pro sports. I understand the business aspect and the players' position in the free agency issue but I just don't like the system it creates.

[BanditVol]

Not trying to get this relegated to PolitVol, but Obama gave verbal support to college players getting paid, and IMO this contributed greatly to the emasculation of the NCAA, which was not all that manly to begin with.   

Just my 0.02, but it's not just Obama, plenty of Congressweazels have piled on.  NCAA presidents are inherently political, in fact many of them literaly ARE polititicians. The wind blows, they blow with it.