ESPN’s Matt Schick is hearing that the NCAA may allow for college athlete in football and basketball to transfer freely without restrictions and having to sit out a year:
I spoke w/ an NCAA official this week who was “95% certain” transfers will soon be allowed to play immediately in basketball & football. Could be a one-time freebie, plus grad transfer option. So in theory, a student-athlete could play for three different schools w/o sitting out.
— Matt Schick (@ESPN_Schick) January 17, 2018
Spoke to a HC of a mid-major basketball program who says it will lead to greater roster instability year-to-year. Top players & end-of-bench players will be more willing to look elsewhere before graduating.
As @mitchsherman says – not up for vote yet, but something to monitor.
— Matt Schick (@ESPN_Schick) January 17, 2018
IMO – if something like that were to eventually pass, you’d need a “non-grad transfer window” to control the process. I.e. basketball players would have the month of April to transfer. Needs to be a limit on the chaos.
— Matt Schick (@ESPN_Schick) January 17, 2018
Person I spoke with did say that if something like this came to pass, it would likely come with academic requirements for student-athletes to meet in order to transfer.
— Matt Schick (@ESPN_Schick) January 17, 2018
