ACC 400m Champ announces on June 5th he's transferrin to Florida, Will not compete at NCAAs

He can't take money otherwise every big name QB would be able to accept millions.

he should do a Tara Davis and sell his own merch

I'd like to now what happened behidn the scenes. But here is what I can know from twitter.

June 5:

https://twitter.com/jacoryp77/status/1401286689436450820

Look, if someone posts that saying they are all in on another team, you can't let them compete for your team anymore. That's just wrong.

But what I don't know if he posted that because he told the coaches privately he'd be heading to UF next year and they said, "Fine, you are done here." I don't know. But unless that happened, I've got zero problem with them holding him out of the meet.

An employee at Ford can't say, "I'm all in on Chevy" and expect to keep their job at Ford. Now if an employee at Chevy privately tells their boss, "Hey I just want you to know so you can plan ahead, but this is my official two weeks notice. I'm headed elsewhere in the future," then they should keep their job.

Which of these scenarios is it?

I guess a 3rd option is he told them privately he was transferring, they said, "Well we're sorry to see you go but let's kick some ass at NCAAs. But by the way, we aren't paying for you to go to the Trials as that's an individual meet and we've lost a lot of money due to Covid" and he said screw you I'm not going to NCAAs.

I'm not sure which scenario happened, anyone know?

Between this move and starting a Gofundme it sounds like he’s an all around bone head

Totally selfish, classless move. He screwed his former 4x400m teammates. This move also jeopardizes the 100m heats for one of them as he also now joins the relay team. Wonder if Florida wanted him to skip the NCAAs. By no longer competing in the NCAAs other teams (ie SEC teams) will likely grab those crucial team points. Good luck with the trials GoFund me page we’ll see how that works out. Nice fake running kit. lol. I bet he never runs in an SEC championship.

Paying for his trip to the O trials is not an investment in their (VT) athletes.

He moved on, so have they

It was the third one. Also something about not wanting to wear tech jersey at trials.

I’m going to quote this but yes it was the third. Also not wanting to wear the jersey at the trials... but this last part is not verified so take with a grain.

Picking up these kinds of athletes is a bit like starting a serious relationship with the girl who was cheating on her boyfriend with you. Florida is saying "I'm glad you left your old team for me" when instead they should probably be saying "I know how you treated your old team so I don't think I want to get involved with you."

What a jerk. Can’t root for a kid who bails

on his friends and team. Obviously only cares about himself. Wish vtech had made 4x4 final without him.

you know who he is wrote:

Picking up these kinds of athletes is a bit like starting a serious relationship with the girl who was cheating on her boyfriend with you. Florida is saying "I'm glad you left your old team for me" when instead they should probably be saying "I know how you treated your old team so I don't think I want to get involved with you."

YES.

urgh wrote:

From the GoFundMe:

"Unfortunately after years of hard work, dedication, multiple different championships, records and a bulk more of accolades Jacory has brought unto the school, the school has pulled out on taking him to Olympic trials because of his desire to gain an education else where in the future."

VT has no obligation to pay for his Olympic trials trip if he's transferring. And It's an extremely selfish move if he thinks that, and his decision to skip out on NCAAs and his 4x4 teammates tells you a lot about this guys character. None.

While they take a hit on the talent this weekend, i'll bet the team atmosphere is better will be better with him gone. Guys like that are cancers to team chemistry.

Sometimes this board is full of idiots. He’s been with the program for 3 years. He was their workhorse. 4x1 4x4 200 400, He was a captain and leader. He told the guys first he was leaving. They commented on his Instagram post supporting him so they know something up with the coaching that left him unhappy. Something had to have happen to make your junior 44.7 400 runner whose had a lot of success want to leave your program.

Zoro123 wrote:

Sometimes this board is full of idiots. He’s been with the program for 3 years. He was their workhorse. 4x1 4x4 200 400, He was a captain and leader. He told the guys first he was leaving. They commented on his Instagram post supporting him so they know something up with the coaching that left him unhappy. Something had to have happen to make your junior 44.7 400 runner whose had a lot of success want to leave your program.

Athletes transfer, Krissy Gear left Furman as an example, le born james switched teams. It happens. As far as paying, I wouldn't pay a dime for the kids travels if I'm VT. Let UF pay or find his own capital to get it done, should have thought about that before leaving, oh well.

We may start to see this more, the transfer portal has given athletes an unprecedented amount of power (not really a bad thing). People have to remember though, at the NCAA level coaches are not paid as individual coaches, like the pros, and are evaluated based on year to year team success.

Allowing a transfer to compete may make sense in the short term but it sends a message to the team. "You can improve, decide to leave us, and finish off the year like nothing happened". I think a lot of programs are going to move to a policy of entering the transfer portal means immediate dismissal from a program. By NCAA rules the scholarship can not be touched that semester, but I think more schools will decide to disallow athletes to compete while shopping around, to deter it from becoming a casual endeavor. As a coach you may have an athlete transfer on you post season and get stuck with a scholarship, but as is likely the case here, athletes also may b afraid to wait for summer when equivalency dries up.

Graduate transfers are an entirely different issue, and it seems many programs (but not all) are more laxed with athletes looking to transfer as graduate students.

Athletes have rights and they should be able to transfer; coaches should also be able to make decisions to protect their programs.

Nothing wrong with athletes transferring. However why not wait till after the Trials? Unless the situation at VT was so toxic.

He now misses out on NCAAs. No guarantee you get back next year. Now he has to pay his own way to the Trials. Kid doesn’t seem to bright but I am sure he has had his head filled with entitlement and privilege because he’s good at sports so he doesn’t comprehend being told no.

Back Up Account wrote:

Nothing wrong with athletes transferring. However why not wait till after the Trials? Unless the situation at VT was so toxic.

He now misses out on NCAAs. No guarantee you get back next year. Now he has to pay his own way to the Trials. Kid doesn’t seem to bright but I am sure he has had his head filled with entitlement and privilege because he’s good at sports so he doesn’t comprehend being told no.

Maybe he was asked to leave or the coach was enforcing something and the kid didnt like being held accountable.

runnerexpert wrote:

Back Up Account wrote:

Nothing wrong with athletes transferring. However why not wait till after the Trials? Unless the situation at VT was so toxic.

He now misses out on NCAAs. No guarantee you get back next year. Now he has to pay his own way to the Trials. Kid doesn’t seem to bright but I am sure he has had his head filled with entitlement and privilege because he’s good at sports so he doesn’t comprehend being told no.

Maybe he was asked to leave or the coach was enforcing something and the kid didnt like being held accountable.

See posts above, they did not ask him to leave.

VT does not race anyone who decides to transfer away from their program. Bashir decided he wanted to transfer as a graduate student and did not race a single outdoor race after making the NCAA final.