Oklahoma State coach Gundy blames 'liberalism' for new ease of transfers

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took issue with college football's new transfer rules in a press conference on Monday.

When asked about the rules, Gundy said "liberalism" and "snowflakes" are to blame for how easy it is now to transfer schools. His comments came a day after sophomore safety Thabo Mwaniki announced he will leave the program.

"I think we live in a world where people are non-committal," Gundy said, via The Oklahoman's Nathan Ruiz. "We allow liberalism to say, 'Hey, I can just do what I want and I don't have to really be tough and fight through it.' You see that with young people because it's an option they're given. We weren't given that option when we were growing up. We were told what to do, we did it the right way, or you go figure it out on your own."

Since the new rules were implemented in October, the NCAA has allowed players to transfer without gaining permission from their current school.

"In the world today, there’s a lot of entitlement," Gundy said. "I'm a firm believer in the snowflake. I think it's setting there. And I'm not talking about Thabo. Thabo and I have had multiple good talks. I’m talking about every millennial young person. Generation Z, I think is what they call 'em.

'It's the world we live in because if they say, 'Well, it's a little bit hard' we say, 'OK, well, let's go try something else.' vs. 'Hey, let's bear down and let's fight and do this.' So you see a lot of that nowadays, and that doesn’t have anything to do with Thabo or (Jalen) McCleskey or anybody that's been on the portal here."