The important part is the release, Rachel could have played right away but Coach Clark blocked her from going to a&m. Which is why she had to pay her own way for a year before playing softball at a&m. The great hitter for OU Pendly, transferred from Arizona and played right away when she went to OU. Just like the male athletes, the conferences won't allow you to play right away after transferring if you play a sport that comes close to generating any kind of revenue. The coaches that are in the sports that make a good salary, even in a sport like women's basketball push their conferences to not allow kids to play right away after a transfer because they want to keep their cushy jobs. Which is why, if you noticed, all the sports that you're allowed to transfer without sitting out are all the Olympic non revenue sports.
A great example of this is college baseball, you use to be able to transfer and play right away. But once the coaches like Augie started to make really good money, he and all the other coaches and athletic directors wanted to pertect their jobs so they pushed their conferences to change the rule and not allow transfers to play right away. It's not the Ncaa that restricts players from tranferring, it's the conferences. Which is why they have stupid rules, like having to sit out two years if you transfer within the conference. Also the only way you can play right away in basketball is if you have to transfer because of family issues, or health problems with a parent or close family member. The Letica Romero situation with KSU was very interesting, the Ncaa allowed her to play when she petitioned after the 1 semester when she transferred because of what KSU put her through.
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