Law, College of
Nebraska Law Bulletin (Selected Issues)
Date of this Version
11-6-2016
Document Type
Article
Citation
Nebraska Law Bulletin (November 6, 2016)
Abstract
The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) rules mean that some student-athletes pay a big personal price for football program makeovers. The timing of coaching changes in football—usually occurring in late November or December—gives unwanted players little opportunity to transfer to a suitable academic program. These castoffs move on silently, often to worse situations. They must find new schools with openings that match their position, graduating class, and playmaking skills. Adding irony and insult, new coaches are sometimes hired for larger salaries than departing ones. Aside from the bad optics of running off players into academic and football uncertainty, the brew of glory-seeking and coaching churn incentivizes new coaches to get rid of the players who got their last coach fired.
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