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BY STU DURANDO • sdurando@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8232 stltoday.com
The players started leaving in earnest during the spring of 2008, a trickle having turned into a stream that has seen 12 players transfer out of the basketball program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Although there is no way to play down the problem and its impact, SIUC athletics director Mario Moccia can at least take solace in one regard: The program has been mimicking a national trend.
Transfers in college basketball remain brisk, with about 40 percent of all players switching schools within their first two years, according to NCAA President Mark Emmert.
Transfers have created a new recruiting market, which some compare to free agency in professional sports. And loopholes have been created, making it easier to move without the athlete having to sit out a year, as has been mandated since the 1940s.
More than 400 Division I players are expected to switch schools for the 2012-13 year, maintaining a nearly decade-long pace. The NCAA has not been able to curb the rate, and Emmert is concerned it is decreasing the probability of academic success.
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The players started leaving in earnest during the spring of 2008, a trickle having turned into a stream that has seen 12 players transfer out of the basketball program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Although there is no way to play down the problem and its impact, SIUC athletics director Mario Moccia can at least take solace in one regard: The program has been mimicking a national trend.
Transfers in college basketball remain brisk, with about 40 percent of all players switching schools within their first two years, according to NCAA President Mark Emmert.
Transfers have created a new recruiting market, which some compare to free agency in professional sports. And loopholes have been created, making it easier to move without the athlete having to sit out a year, as has been mandated since the 1940s.
More than 400 Division I players are expected to switch schools for the 2012-13 year, maintaining a nearly decade-long pace. The NCAA has not been able to curb the rate, and Emmert is concerned it is decreasing the probability of academic success.
Read more-
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