Free agency in professional sports can re-shape the entire landscape and competitive balance in a league in the span of a couple of months of whirlwind negotiations. Teams have constantly rotating rosters due to the tendency among each sport’s best to leave for the biggest offer possible when they have the ability to do so.
Free agency in collegiate sports– specifically among NCAA Division I member schools– is also happening, it’s just perhaps less publicized and obvious than it’s professional counterpart.
There are plenty of cases of players jumping from one program to another, not always necessarily due to discontent with the former program, but just as often anymore to make a splash in a program that desperately needs their services.
One of the highest-profile cases in recent history is this past season’s Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Russell Wilson. After wasting away on the bench at North Carolina State, Wilson move to Madison, and in the process made the Badgers...
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