As of 8:10am this morning one of the finer programs in the country is lost due to "budgetary" problems.
No one saw it coming and they just recently signed some top level recruits that gave them one of the top 3 recruiting classes in the country.
As in the case with Michigan when the coach departs the swimmers at a university where the program is dropped can be released and go elsewhere without losing eligibility.
That's really not the case at all. When a coach leaves it is usually unlikely that an athlete will be granted an additional year of eligibility (or that same year) if they transfer. If that was the case, you'd see a whole lot more transfers. The rule was actually put in place to specifically discourage athletes from hopping around schools or chasing a coach.
I think the ability to retain that year upon transfer is pretty tightly controlled, and rightly so. Obviously, dumping a program would probably get you a pretty quick and EZ hearing.
The irony of this is that non revenue sports are extremely dependent upon football for their existence. So, in effect, the more you spend on football and the more successful it becomes, the more likely you are to have a well rounded slate of athletics. This could very well be why Smith chose to get a teenager-esque tat of the longhorns on his aging bedraggled body.
As in the case with Michigan when the coach departs the swimmers at a university where the program is dropped can be released and go elsewhere without losing eligibility.
That's really not the case at all. When a coach leaves it is usually unlikely that an athlete will be granted an additional year of eligibility (or that same year) if they transfer. If that was the case, you'd see a whole lot more transfers. The rule was actually put in place to specifically discourage athletes from hopping around schools or chasing a coach.
I think the ability to retain that year upon transfer is pretty tightly controlled, and rightly so. Obviously, dumping a program would probably get you a pretty quick and EZ hearing.
The irony of this is that non revenue sports are extremely dependent upon football for their existence. So, in effect, the more you spend on football and the more successful it becomes, the more likely you are to have a well rounded slate of athletics. This could very well be why Smith chose to get a teenager-esque tat of the longhorns on his aging bedraggled body.
