Many of these answers assume players are exactly like pro sport free agents who will leap at the chance to pursue the next rung up the ladder.

There is more that goes into the equation.

If a student-athlete is engaged in campus activities, has a girlfriend, has developed a mentor relationship with a professor in their degree program, is in a fraternity, the school is close for their family to attend games, all these things play against transferring. Players develop friendships on their team.

Stampedes out just aren't likely.