Tom Izzo warned that 'unhappy' athletes looking to transfer may face 'unintended consequences' from the NCAA's new rules.
With more players entering the transfer portal across collegiate sports each year, advocates have compared the freedom athletes now enjoy to the flexibility coaches have when they decide to change jobs.men's basketball coach Tom Izzo countered that the comparison is wrong and doesn't account for the financial constraints and professional experience involved with coaching changes.
"Yeah, I have flexibility, I can leave," Izzo said at Big Ten media day in Minneapolis."I have millions of dollars of a buyout if I leave. I've paid 40 years of dues to leave. Most coaches have put in their time. Most coaches will be doing that at 35 and 40 and 50, not at 20 when one guy tells you to leave because you're unhappy."You know what, what's wrong with being unhappy? I'm unhappy most of my life. Unhappy drives you. Unhappy pushes you.
"Let me tell you something: this transfer portal is not going to be the best thing for the kids. You get 45 days. If you think a kid is leaving, are you going to go out and get somebody else? Because you can't wait forever. Now it's affecting the kids you've got there."
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