NCAA president Charlie Baker against new transfer rule limits - ESPN

INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA president Charlie Baker said he is not in favor of rules or federal laws that would place new limits on the way college athletes transfer between schools.

During a wide-ranging, hour-long interview with ESPN on Tuesday, Baker harbored no sympathy for the many coaches who have publicly complained about the difficulties they have in maintaining a stable roster in the new college sports environment that carries fewer restrictions on player transfers and allows for name, image and likeness deals that have proved to be incentives for players to consider changing teams.

«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.

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