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Division I council recommending NCAA removes ‘one-time’ transfer rule and have two ‘entry windows’ to the portal


The board will vote on the new policy in August.

Analysts predict this change would only further increase the amount of players who enter the transfer portal and further entrench the idea of free agency in college football.

News of this proposed rule change followed another NCAA recommendation to introduce two "entry windows" for transfers, or periods of time when players must provide written notification of transfer.

If passed, that rule would create two transfer portal windows in college football: 45 days "beginning the day following the championship selection," and a 15 day period in the first two weeks of May at the end of spring practice, a total of 60 days.
 
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asleep003

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Ok with multiple transfering ... as long as they have to sit out a year on the 2nd move, which would be their
3rd school. They get to select their school, they can transfer with eligibility from there, but 2nd transfer, sit
out 1 year, with no loss of eligibility. Hopefully this reduces some of the money Piggery on both sides.
 
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Sangria Wine

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I hope it passes. Total chaos will ensue and it will be easier than ever for mid-tier schools to get top flight talent that would have otherwise been pigeonholed on stacked rosters of the few mega-schools. They should also then ease the perception schools face when pulling a scholarship as well. And they should do away rule about the number of players that a school can sign in one year.

Some of these changes seem on the surface to play in favor of the mega-schools, but I think there are unintended consequences to those schools that have not been thought through.
 
I hope it passes. Total chaos will ensue and it will be easier than ever for mid-tier schools to get top flight talent that would have otherwise been pigeonholed on stacked rosters of the few mega-schools. They should also then ease the perception schools face when pulling a scholarship as well. And they should do away rule about the number of players that a school can sign in one year.

Some of these changes seem on the surface to play in favor of the mega-schools, but I think there are unintended consequences to those schools that have not been thought through.
There is more—
Additionally, schools that accept four-year transfer students receiving financial aid will be required to provide financial aid to the student-athlete through the completion of the student's five-year period of eligibility or undergraduate graduation, whichever comes first, unless the student transfers again or enters a professional draft. The student would continue to count against roster and financial aid limits unless the student is medically disqualified, exhausts eligibility, transfers or enters a professional draft.
 
And check this out, as it would seem to favor the more committed blue blood schools with bigger staffs and budgets—

“If the recommendations are approved by the board, schools would be empowered to support student-athletes in a variety of ways without asking for waivers, including providing any support needed for a student-athlete's personal health, safety and well-being; paying for items to support a student's academic pursuits; purchasing insurance of various types; and funding participation in elite-level training, tryouts and competition.”
 

Eight

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There is more—
Additionally, schools that accept four-year transfer students receiving financial aid will be required to provide financial aid to the student-athlete through the completion of the student's five-year period of eligibility or undergraduate graduation, whichever comes first, unless the student transfers again or enters a professional draft. The student would continue to count against roster and financial aid limits unless the student is medically disqualified, exhausts eligibility, transfers or enters a professional draft.

unless medically disqualified?

teams already exploit this loop hole under the current guidelines so why would we expect anything different going forward

simply window dressing by bureaucrats who are completely out of touch
 

TXTXFrog

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This is going to kill teams without huge NIL opportunities. There will be zero loyalty. Coaches are already showing players that this is strictly business, and now elite players will do the same to coaches/schools who can’t pay. Be careful what you wish for. College sports are going to suffer as a whole.
 

Endless Purple

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This is straight up a plan to benefit the big name schools only, and further separate them before ever taking the field.

Limited windows to enter will allow them to see who is available to better plan who to pay without surprises. Yet a student that gets demoted down a spot cannot then move once the new player is brought in.
 

Prime BEEF

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Just have one 45 day period in May. Hate the December period which is during the season. There will be kids who’s teams are playing in the playoffs that enter the portal during the December period. Just dumb.

If transferring w/o sitting out is now the norm at least do it after the football season (which does include bowl season)
 

Eight

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Just have one 45 day period in May. Hate the December period which is during the season. There will be kids who’s teams are playing in the playoffs that enter the portal during the December period. Just dumb.

If transferring w/o sitting out is now the norm at least do it after the football season (which does include bowl season)

would think the december period would line up with the end of the semester and do see the value to the player and the program to going through spring practice
 

FrogAbroad

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The more constraints and provisions and hoops-to-jump-through the worse the tranfer process will be for everyone, schools and students and media networks. Heckfire, just allow athletes to jump from one brand to another whenever they want to...mid-term, mid-season, halftime... Make it easy on everyone. Call it the Scotty Wolf Rule.
 

A recommendation to change transfer rules for Division I college athletes that included unlimited opportunities to switch schools with immediate eligibility was bounced back to a committee for more research by the NCAA’s D-I Board of Directors on Wednesday.
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The board did adopt Transformation Committee recommendations that would allow schools to provide more financial benefits to athletes.

“Schools can now pay for more to support a student’s academic pursuits, purchase insurance such as critical injury or illness and loss-of-value, and fund participation in elite-level training, tryouts and competition,” Transformation Committee co-chairs Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, and Julie Cromer, athletic director of Ohio University, said in a statement.
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The Student Athlete Advisory Committee raised concerns about the transfer windows.
“SAAC fully supports several aspects of the transfer concept, but we believe that transfer windows unnecessarily restrict student-athletes’ freedom of movement,” Missouri volleyball player Brynn Carlson said.
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The proposal that raised a red flag among coaches and administrators was changing the rule to allow athletes to transfer as often as they wanted and play immediately, as along as they are academically eligible and progressing toward a degree.
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“Based on that dialogue, we will work to refine our proposal to address how transfer policies align with ongoing academic eligibility and degree progress requirements and deal with current and emerging issues facing college athletics,” Cromer and Sankey said. “Additionally, we will have the chance to learn more about the latest input from student-athletes around transfer windows.”
 
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JogginFrog

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Roll my eyes at the board (finally) allowing critical injury and loss of value insurance to be bought for players. Should have been where the money was going all along to defend the concept of amateur athletics. And by the way, the non-stars are taking on health risks, too. When the players unionize, schools will have no one to blame but themselves.
 
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