"I've had conversations with a bunch of coaches who didn't ... walk out on their contracts," Baker said. "One of the things I hear from kids when I talk to them about this issue is, 'Coaches walk out on their contracts. What about us?'"
Baker said he thinks the rate of transfers in college sports reflects a larger trend of all college students changing schools more frequently than in the past.
"Do they transfer more than they did ten years ago? Yes. Do they transfer more than their peers who aren't student-athletes? No," Baker said. "... They actually transfer less than students who aren't student-athletes do, and kids just transfer more because they have more information, more data, and they're more impatient about a lot of things."
Baker, who is approaching the end of his first full year as the NCAA's president, and many other leaders in college sports have petitioned Congress for help in regaining some control over the future of college sports amid myriad legal challenges to the NCAA's rules. Several of the bills and proposals generated by Congress include provisions that would make it more difficult for athletes to transfer.
"I'm not much on that. I'm not," Baker said when asked about the potential of a law that would restrict player movement and thus limit some of their economic power.
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Baker said he thinks the rate of transfers in college sports reflects a larger trend of all college students changing schools more frequently than in the past.
"Do they transfer more than they did ten years ago? Yes. Do they transfer more than their peers who aren't student-athletes? No," Baker said. "... They actually transfer less than students who aren't student-athletes do, and kids just transfer more because they have more information, more data, and they're more impatient about a lot of things."
Baker, who is approaching the end of his first full year as the NCAA's president, and many other leaders in college sports have petitioned Congress for help in regaining some control over the future of college sports amid myriad legal challenges to the NCAA's rules. Several of the bills and proposals generated by Congress include provisions that would make it more difficult for athletes to transfer.
"I'm not much on that. I'm not," Baker said when asked about the potential of a law that would restrict player movement and thus limit some of their economic power.
NCAA boss against additional transfer limitations
NCAA president Charlie Baker said he's not in favor of rules or federal laws that would place new limits on the way college athletes transfer between schools.
