given the discussions on this issue, I thought I'd post this one. Shaw's comments in particular will touch on some of our discussions on this board.
5th year transfers
this is the one Shaw quote that got my attention:
5th year transfers
this is the one Shaw quote that got my attention:
"That sense of fundamental fairness is why Stanford's David Shaw adamantly supports the current rule, even though just this year he's lost running back Kelsey Young (to Boise State), fullback Patrick Skov (to Georgia Tech) and tight end Charlie Hopkins (to Virginia) to graduate transfers.
"I'd love to have those guys back," Shaw said. "But then I look at it and say, 'You know what? Would those guys be in position to where they're kind of rotating in with us?' If they have a chance to go be 'the guy' someplace else, they've done their part for me, for Stanford University. They've played their tails off, they've stayed the course with school, they graduated. You graduate from college in four years? No one should be able to tell you that you can't go someplace else to play a fifth year."
"I'd love to have those guys back," Shaw said. "But then I look at it and say, 'You know what? Would those guys be in position to where they're kind of rotating in with us?' If they have a chance to go be 'the guy' someplace else, they've done their part for me, for Stanford University. They've played their tails off, they've stayed the course with school, they graduated. You graduate from college in four years? No one should be able to tell you that you can't go someplace else to play a fifth year."
