They can use whatever excuse they want to use, he is transferring because he didn't get the starting job. That is the epitome of what is wrong with our youth today. The this is hard so I quit mentality.
I am fine if he wants to transfer, but to allow him to transfer with no repercussions (ie. sitting a year) is doing nothing but fostering that exact attitude. It will become an epidemic in college football.
Our society is raising a culture of entitled, thin skinned (insert derogatory adjective).
Rant over...