I don't see how an educator can take that position. If there is a legitimate reason to limit transfers, where our concern is for the student, it is that you don't want athletes transferring multiple times because that makes it difficult to earn their degree. Most schools require that you earn half your credits there to be granted a degree. But if you have already earned your degree, then what are we worried about?
Where graduate work is concerned, it's incredibly naive to suggest that all graduate programs in the same field are the same. Graduate programs are much more differentiated than undergraduate ones, and a student may have a legitimate reason to study at a particular school because of the specialties of the specific professors. It really concerns me that the president of a major university doesn't seem to know this. Rob Sent from my iPad > On Jun 1, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Sandy Alonso <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is one of the reasons I don't particularly like Machen. > > >> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 3:57 PM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> So, the transfer rule gives a player more eligibility. >> Do NCAA rules only have to benefit NCAA institutions? Would it be ok to >> benefit a student occasionally? >> >> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR >> Real Estate Broker >> Bob Parks, LLC >> 145 Maple Row Blvd >> Hendersonville TN 37075 >> Mobile: 615-972-4239 >> Office: 615-826-4040 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Woody Bass <[email protected]> >>> Date: May 31, 2014 at 8:39:24 AM CDT >>> To: WXIA <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [gatornews] Orlando Sentinel - UF president Bernie Machen opposes >>> graduate student transfers >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80360390/ >>> >>> UF president Bernie Machen opposes graduate student transfers >>> >>> By Edgar Thompson | UF Swamp Things, Orlando Sentinel >>> >>> The Florida Gators welcomed high-profile transfers Jake McGee and Jon >>> Horford with open arms this spring. >>> >>> It does not take a rocket scientist to see why. >>> >>> McGee should give the Gators the playmaking tight end the team lacked >>> during a miserable 2013 season. Meanwhile, the 6-foot-10 Horford provides >>> an inexperienced inside player for a squad facing questions under the >>> basket. >>> >>> But school president Bernie Machen is not so sure either athlete should be >>> allowed to be Gators. >>> >>> McGee and Horford are fifth-year seniors enrolled as graduate students at >>> UF after receiving degrees this past spring from two of the nation's top >>> universities. >>> >>> "If they really wanted to transfer somewhere else, they should sit out a >>> year,” Machen said Friday at the SEC spring meetings. “Why didn't Horford >>> stay at Michigan another year? Because he had a free pass." >>> >>> NCAA rules allow athletes who graduate to transfer and play immediately at >>> schools that offer an academic program their old school does not. Normal >>> NCAA rules require transfers to sit out a season. >>> >>> Machen is a lone voice in the wilderness. >>> >>> On Friday, the SEC eased the restrictions on graduate student transfers >>> without questionable pasts. >>> >>> In 2011, the league voted against allowing athletes to transfer to play >>> immediately unless they had two seasons of eligibility remaining. Graduate >>> student transfers would have to endure a stringent waiver process, but the >>> SEC decided to remove the requirement as long as the athlete did not have >>> disciplinary or eligibility issues at his previous school. >>> >>> "I think if somebody has already graduated college, they've already proven >>> they're good, quality people, and if you do more background checking, I'd >>> be supportive of it,” South Carolina president Harris Pastides told >>> reporters. >>> >>> Machen, though, said it does not take a college degree to see what really >>> is going on. >>> >>> "Go to grad school at Michigan," Machen said of Horford. "They have some >>> pretty good grad schools. It's really just a way for a school to fill a >>> void at the very last minute or a player going to get more playing time >>> without having to sit out.” >>> >>> Email Edgar Thompson at [email protected]. Read the Swamp >>> Things blog at www.orlandosentinel.com/swampthings. 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