College athletics have gone through significant changes in recent years, giving more freedom to student-athletes than ever before.

Colorado attorney general Phil Weiser is joining the fight to give even more freedom to the athletes by allowing them to transfer as often as they want without penalty. Meanwhile, University of Colorado athletic director Rick George is among the many administrators who are hoping that won’t happen.

“I think we’re forgetting about the fact that education is primary,” George said. “Ninety-five to 98% of these student athletes are not going pro in their sport, so that degree and that education is extremely important. And when you transfer multiple times, are you going to have the progress towards degree credits, or have enough credits at an institution to get a degree? That’s concerning.”

In April of 2021, the NCAA made a rule change to allow undergraduate student-athletes in all sports to transfer once without having to sit out a year of competition. One of the immediate results has been an even bigger flood of players, particularly in football, to the transfer portal.

[Now the U of CO is all worried about players transferring because “education is primary”? A little late for that, you opportunistic hypocrites. ~ Beege]