I don't see an issue with a 1 season of ineligiblity. That's how (most) high schools handle transfers.

But let's not ignore the bigger point that bilas is making here. The NCAA likes to have its cake and eat it too. They love to argue that athletes are students first. But then have these arguments about the integrity of the sports if these kids want to go somewhere else. Suddenly now the athlete has more weight than the student (and unfortunately this is generally the rule for public perception as well). Nevermind that staff of the schools face no restrictions on where they might go next (to get paid), even though contracts are often during the process. The kids can't decide in the middle of their 4 year (unpaid) contract if the school they're at isn't what they want/need for them selves and their development without taking a penalty.

And in Johnsons case I think this dichotomy was even larger than normal. Nearly everyone involved with his transfer case had either just came to Pitt or just left Pitt, many of them breaking contracts to do so. Johnson on the other hand graduated from the school (read: fulfilled his contract) and was being told that the school still had rights to his non-compete clause. While all of this was legal, it definitely shows how the NCAA abuses it's power over these kids. In the working world, if your boss and his boss quit mid-contract and have their non-competestill waived, when you're contract is up the company shouldn't be allowed to decide where you are allowed to apply to for your next job.