Transfers are Common Across College Sports. Athletes see Irony in Being Criticized as Disloyal
The pressure on college athletes navigating a new, professional-like industry at a young age as millions of dollars in name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation after goes into effect July 1. Transfers of student athletes to more lucrative opportunities are becoming more common.
Ann Skeet, senior director of leadership ethics said all parties should be held to the same standards.
“I do think one of the realities of sport in this day and age is that people are making changes more often than they used to,” Skeet said. “How they communicate what their decision is, how much time they give people, how frequently they’re changing teams, all of those things should be considered, and I think it’s fair to hold the coaches and players to equal standards.”
“...players are having to trade off and think about what serves their own personal interests vs. what serves the team interests in ways that they haven’t had to consider in the past,” she said.
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