College coaches play a critical role in athletes’ success. Not only do the coaches serve as role models but they also help the athletes to navigate college life and to establish a balance between academics and sports. However, coaches are often transferred or they quit to look for better coaching deals. The transfers are normally difficult for the athletes who have to accept new coaches and adapt to new playing strategies. It is possible for an athlete to transfer to another college if they do not feel comfortable with the new coach (The National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2014b). However, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has a set of regulations that make such a move close to impossible. In particular, the NCAA stipulates that a student who wishes to transfer to a different Division I or II university must be enrolled as a full time student in the new school and miss out on all competitive games for one year (The National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2014b).
The NCAA rules are unfair to the college athletes. Whenever a coach is transferred, the incoming coach may not be as effective as the last one. As such, a division I college can lose its dominance thus affecting the ranking of the college athletes. For this reason, there should be an enforceable contract between the athlete and the coach or between the coach and the college to ensure the coach stays at a particular college until the professional athletes complete their education (Sullivan, 2015). To ensure the contract does not violate labor laws, it should have an exception for the coach to leave under specific circumstances. However, there is a high likelihood of the contract violating NCAA rules. More so, a contract between the coach and the university may be considered null and void for it is considered as an unreasonable restraint of trade.
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References
Sullivan, T. (2015, January 29). Court cases may lead athletes to better deals. The Courier-
Journal . http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/columnists/sullivan/2015/01/19/tim-sullivan-pressures-mount-colleges-begin-make-concessions-athletes/22024461/
The National Collegiate Athletic Association. (2014a). Academic progress rate Q&A.
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/academic-progress-rate-qa
The National Collegiate Athletic Association. (2014b). 2014–2015 NCAA Division I manual:
August edition [Online]. Author: Indianapolis, IN. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D115.pdf
