NCAA considering allowing transfers to play immediately - if academic standards met

[isuquinndog]

Source: NCAA weighs change to transfer eligibility

The NCAA could adopt emergency legislation this month for a new transfer rule that would allow all undergraduate athletes to transfer and play immediately if they meet specific academic requirements, a source confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

The NCAA Division I Council could adopt emergency legislation this month for a new transfer rule that would allow all undergraduate athletes to transfer and play immediately if they meet specific academic requirements, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

The proposed legislation, which was first reported by The Athletic, would not limit the number of times an athlete can transfer. Athletes would still have two transfer windows and wouldn't be able to transfer midyear and play for a second school in the same season.

 

[Redbird Alum 2004]

Bye bye college sports

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

NIL may actually help prohibit some transfers? The collectives need to start signing players to multi-year exclusive contracts vs the annual terms which would then prevent some transfers. If a player gives up their rights to get paid elsewhere then I bet they are not going elsewhere. Obviously multi-year contracts has its own risks too.

 

[FriscoBird90]

Sure seems as though the NCAA is doing everything it can to ruin college athletics while claiming to be the protector of college athletics. Probably just trying to keep up the perception of remaining relative in the face of the growing power of the emerging mega-conferences/semi-pro leagues.

 

[isuquinndog]

Part of this is in response to a court in Virgina blocking the NCAA trying to go back to the 1 transfer for free then you have to sit a year saying it was anti-competitive.

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

Sure seems as though the NCAA is doing everything it can to ruin college athletics while claiming to be the protector of college athletics. Probably just trying to keep up the perception of remaining relative in the face of the growing power of the emerging mega-conferences/semi-pro leagues.

Disagree with ncaa trying to ruin college athletics. The “ncaa” answers to the member universities. The member universities created the money machine and emphasis being absolutely $$$s. The ncaa as an org is responding to ongoing lawsuits that challenges transfer restrictions of players (that universities absolutely want) that the ncaa tries to impose but are deemed illegal. If a regular student can transfer at anytime then why can’t working students (athletes) transfer at anytime? That is the premise of the legal challenges that the ncaa and their member universities have lost over and over. What if your industry restricted you from leaving your employer to go work elsewhere at any time for higher pay? The ncaa (aka the universities) would absolutely love to restrict player/employee transfers as they were allowed to do in the past but are no longer legally allowed to do as there is now so much money that can be earned by the players. NCAA is merely reacting to legal challenges

I too do not like the impact on college athletics either but the ncaa (again which is really the member universities) can not restrict transfers period. It fundamentally makes sense and I believe the argument that the “ncaa” is driving the train and wanting to make these changes is a flawed view of what is actually happening. That is my take and would like to hear others view.

NCAA spent years fighting losing battles and left itself helpless to defend legal challenges - Maryland Daily Record

Years of fighting losing battles have left the NCAA almost helpless to defend itself.

thedailyrecord.com

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

As an side the legal challenges of college athlete transfer restrictions are being funded in part by lawyers/agents in the entertainment industry that want to open up a whole new lucrative customer base…aka representing student athletes in their contracts negotiations/earnings.

 

[crazzymark]

that would be nightmare it's so many different ways

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

that would be nightmare it's so many different ways

Football/volleyball would not seem to be impacted too much as the sport season is pretty much all played in one semester. Sports that split their playing season across two semesters (aka men’s/women’s basketball) would seem to face some potential transfer chaos. Hopefully the now common nil payment/contract would help prohibit in season transfers?

 

[isuquinndog]

It says part of the rule is you can't transfer and play for another school in the same season.

 

[Phantom]

It says part of the rule is you can't transfer and play for another school in the same season.

So they got that going for them, which is nice

But probably only a matter of time before that happens. Christmas Break portal. Start with your new team second semester.

The Dr. Pepper commercial has it right, saying the transfer portal is out of control. The only way to slow it down would be to allow one transfer & play right away, 2nd transfer and sit a year...but as mentioned earlier, that isn't happening.

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

It says part of the rule is you can't transfer and play for another school in the same season.

But they could still transfer, aka leave the team and not play, if unhappy. It seems other universities could be open to entertaining transfers at any point?

 

[Birdfriend72]

Sure seems as though the NCAA is doing everything it can to ruin college athletics while claiming to be the protector of college athletics. Probably just trying to keep up the perception of remaining relative in the face of the growing power of the emerging mega-conferences/semi-pro leagues.

It's only ruining it for the teams that can't figure out how to play the game. This is pretty simple. You can't be an Alabama or Oklahoma and try and dominate multiple sports. You have to pick a sport that you can specialize in. The sooner we figure that out the quicker we will dominate.

 

[isuquinndog]

It's only ruining it for the teams that can't figure out how to play the game. This is pretty simple. You can't be an Alabama or Oklahoma and try and dominate multiple sports. You have to pick a sport that you can specialize in. The sooner we figure that out the quicker we will dominate.

You mean Alabama who wins at football, basketball and softball on a national level? Or Oklahoma who wins at football and softball at a national level? And that is without looking it up.

 

[CaliRdBrd]

Home school your kids then send them to trade school.
Avoid college and college sports at all costs.

 

[BirdGrad2011]

Can’t say I’m surprised. All these schools say they want NCAA to get it under control. The second they try one of the schools asking for control gets mad they are targeted and sues. Its a lose lose for them in this environment.

 

[redbirds2000]

that would be nightmare it's so many different ways

MIGHT have been your best post ever! Good job! Keep it up!

 

[Birdfriend72]

You mean Alabama who wins at football, basketball and softball on a national level? Or Oklahoma who wins at football and softball at a national level? And that is without looking it up.

That's what I'm saying. If you can't bring money in independently for all three sports...You will have to choose which one to dump the funds in. We don't have an unlimited cash flow. We can pay a football coach $300,000 and a Basketball Coach roughly $650,000. If basketball can compete for an NCAA tournament and bring funds in...why would you spend money on a sport that is light years away? The last time i checked FCS payout was very minimal.

 

[dpdoughbird06]

Football/volleyball would not seem to be impacted too much as the sport season is pretty much all played in one semester. Sports that split their playing season across two semesters (aka men’s/women’s basketball) would seem to face some potential transfer chaos. Hopefully the now common nil payment/contract would help prohibit in season transfers?

ESPN would love it, based on their obsessive coverage of MLB/NBA/NFL trade deadlines.

 

[ISUBU]

It says part of the rule is you can't transfer and play for another school in the same season.

Anyone want to play lawyer and have a legal rationale to support this rule?

Oregon State's fall quarter begins a month after Illinois' fall semester. A regular student could begin classes in Urbana in August. They hate their roommate and after three weeks transfer to Oregon State with almost no difficulty. So why can't a running back do this?