There are unintended consequences for just about every rule, and the graduate transfer rule -- put in place by the NCAA five years ago to reward student-athletes -- is no different.
"It's forcing our hands to do something that's not good for education," one mid-major men's basketball coach said.
"So many of these mid-majors are getting crushed," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski told ESPN. "The fifth-year transfer is the one. I hate what it does for our profession."
Another mid-major head coach, who lost one of his best players to a BCS school this past offseason, told ESPN he would be "slowing down the graduating process" for his players in order to ensure that he doesn't lose another to the high-major ranks.