If only to stem the flow of searching for greener pastures. There appear to be a great number transferring on a whim. There is a benefit to sticking it out - best preparation for real life. It's gotten way to easy to move on if something small bothers you.

Other side of the coin, players are not indentured servants, but lets require legitimate reasons

I also am not totally for or against transfers. However, there has to be a
documented reason to transfer. Lets say a coach or recruiter is not totally
honest with a recruit. Lets say the recruiter says recruiting only 2 guards
in 2 years but they do 6. I could accept that, for medical reasons, a major
problems with school, staff or players. They would be some of the DOCUMENTED
reasons for me to approve a transfer.

SEG/Chief

So shouuld coaches also have to sit out a year?

The coaches can move to better jobs whenever they want. The players, well, they should just "shut up and dribble."