the consequence of such a delay is a player could be enrolled right now at their new school, going through conditioning, and getting ready for spring with a chance to learn a new system
catch is if the conference doesn't agree to waive the one year time period they have wasted the spring and for a player like storment basically ended their college career.
personally, i am not opposed to a 1-year requirement to sit for non grad transfers for all schools and no wait on grad transfers with no waivers but don't think the ncaa really cares about consistency or logic. look at the manner in which they have handled on and off campus recruiting this year.