NCAA Moves Toward Immediate Eligibility For All Transfers
Feb 18, 2020, 4:29 PM
A detail of giant NCAA logo is seen outside of the stadium on the practice day prior to the NCAA Men's Final Four at the Georgia Dome on April 5, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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AP – The NCAA is moving toward allowing all Division I athletes to transfer one time without sitting out a season of competition.
A plan to change the waiver process is expected to be presented to the Division I Council in April. If adopted, new criteria would go into effect for the 2020-21 academic year.
Currently, football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s hockey and baseball players must sit out one season after transferring. The NCAA adjusted waiver criteria two years ago to give more athletes the chance to become immediately eligible, but that has led to complaints about inconsistency in the process.
IMPORTANT to point out: This is a change to the waiver process not a change to the rules. There is currently a moratorium transfer legilsation.
But it would change the waiver process to mimic the one-time exception rule now in place for many Division I athletes. https://t.co/Vm0Dyja4B6
— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) February 18, 2020
If the plan is adopted, any athlete in good academic standing and not facing a disciplinary suspension will be allowed to transfer and play immediately for the new school.
