When coach Kirby Smart decided to revise Georgia’s transfer policy to bring it more in line with the rest of college football, he surely couldn’t have imagined the backlash. I didn’t.
Commentator John Amaechi, a former NBA player who attended Penn State, described the decision as “disgusting.” ESPN Radio’s Mike Greenberg said Smart should be ashamed of himself. AL.com’s Kevin Scarbinsky – who I really like – deemed it “unconscionable.”
Why all the fuss?
Smart’s approach to selectively restrict where his transferring players can continue their college careers is the norm in college athletics.