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(from coaching search site):
The NCAA transfer working group is looking at some potential big changes to the transfer system. They are looking for feedback from schools. Among the possible ideas:
-- No longer tying financial aid (scholarship) to a school granting permission to contact, meaning a player could transfer without permission to contact from his school and still be put on scholarship. These public spats never look good for the school / coaches.
-- Holding schools that accept a graduate transfer more accountable for academics, such as counting a grad transfer’s scholarship for two years or factoring it more into the APR.
-- Harsher penalties for coaches who break recruiting rules in reaching out to players at other schools.
-- Possibly allowing transfers to play immediately if the present academic credentials that predict graduation at the new school, or requiring every transfer (including grad transfers) to sit out one year.
It’s hard to see immediately eligibility passing, but the working group would like to introduce legislative proposals into this cycle and an April 2018 vote. The deadline to submit proposals is Sept. 1, but the group would like an extension to Nov. 1. This is something to watch.
The NCAA transfer working group is looking at some potential big changes to the transfer system. They are looking for feedback from schools. Among the possible ideas:
-- No longer tying financial aid (scholarship) to a school granting permission to contact, meaning a player could transfer without permission to contact from his school and still be put on scholarship. These public spats never look good for the school / coaches.
-- Holding schools that accept a graduate transfer more accountable for academics, such as counting a grad transfer’s scholarship for two years or factoring it more into the APR.
-- Harsher penalties for coaches who break recruiting rules in reaching out to players at other schools.
-- Possibly allowing transfers to play immediately if the present academic credentials that predict graduation at the new school, or requiring every transfer (including grad transfers) to sit out one year.
It’s hard to see immediately eligibility passing, but the working group would like to introduce legislative proposals into this cycle and an April 2018 vote. The deadline to submit proposals is Sept. 1, but the group would like an extension to Nov. 1. This is something to watch.