Should a school be able to block a transfer to any D1 school?

[ErieHog]

Also, has anyone ever challenged this in court?

I would think the courts would look at this like they look at non-competes.  They can have narrow focus and be valid but if the restrictions are too broad, they won't be upheld.

No doubt it would be examined as a non-compete,  but the problem will be ripeness.    While I expect it would be upheld as a non-compete,  the duration of the injury is unlikely to last beyond the process of the case being heard because the court system is much slower than the transfer process.

The NBA's one and done rule is much more legally dubious, but remains intact on the same principle of time, where they are forcibly keeping labor out of the league without it being contracted to the league.

[jvanhorn]

And yet any coach can go anywhere they want anytime they want.  You can fixt this transfer crap yourself--or wait and let the courts do it someday--in the not too far future.