wlaxphan20 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:52 pm
laxagainsthumanity wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:24 pm
tothedraw wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:39 pm
laxagainsthumanity wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:20 pm
Laxdad126 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:02 pm
Are there no rules anymore that if you transfer in conference that you have to sit out a season?
The NCAA has no rules about that but conferences can. The ACC used to have an intraconference transfer rule requiring kids to sit out but they nixed it in 2021. For example, Ella Little transferred from UNC to Clemson last summer. Even before that, there were ways to get around it - Charlotte North competed at Duke in 2019 and BC in 2020. (Heard some rumors about how they got that done that were not great.)
Do tell lol.
Saying something is bad for your mental health seems to be quite the trump card these days.
I don’t know anything about North’s time at Duke or how well she got along with teammates & other students, but being stuck in a place where you’re miserable can be isolating and
is bad for your mental health.
Sure, and it's a great reason to transfer. Does that mean it gets you out of conference-wide rules? If so, presumably every athlete gets a pass, because they all have reasons they're unhappy.
FTR, CN is extremely funny and gregarious and was beloved by her Duke teammates, very social on campus, and outwardly passionate about the program, Duke, and Durham. Those within the program were very surprised when she decided to transfer and it was a lacrosse-driven decision. Was it a good one for her career? Absolutely. But claiming phantom mental health issues the same summer you lose a former teammate to suicide (transfer was already in progress when this happened so it wasn't a factor in the decision) is unsavory. Mental health should be taken seriously and people who exploit it prevent that from happening. All so that she wouldn't have to take a fifth year, which she did anyway due to Covid. Personally I don't have a strong opinion on the intraconference transfer rule, and like I said, she made the right decision not only for her lacrosse career but to set herself up for success after graduating, which is ultimately the point of college. Still kind of gross.