In the WSJ this morning, read an article re the growing trend of transfers from lower level schools to higher level schools.
WSJ looked at the 2023 all conference teams of the Group of 5 and found the following:
After eliminating those who graduated or departed for the NFL, a whopping 40% of the remaining players with all conference honors switched to another program. The vast majority of them bolted to a team in the Power Four (the Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences).
Article went on to quote Jimbo Fisher: “Some of those leagues,” former Texas A& M coach Jimbo Fisher said in a radio interview earlier this year, “they’re becoming glorified junior colleges.”
With unlimited transfers and NIL landscape, did anyone doubt this was going to happen?
WSJ looked at the 2023 all conference teams of the Group of 5 and found the following:
After eliminating those who graduated or departed for the NFL, a whopping 40% of the remaining players with all conference honors switched to another program. The vast majority of them bolted to a team in the Power Four (the Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences).
Article went on to quote Jimbo Fisher: “Some of those leagues,” former Texas A& M coach Jimbo Fisher said in a radio interview earlier this year, “they’re becoming glorified junior colleges.”
With unlimited transfers and NIL landscape, did anyone doubt this was going to happen?
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