AP: NCAA Fast Tracks Multi-Time Transfer Rule

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NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they've switched schools

as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation Wednesday to fall in line with a recent court order.

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NCAA athletes will be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer — as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation Wednesday to fall in line with a recent court order.

The NCAA posted on social media that the Division I Council's decision becomes official Thursday when its meeting adjourns. It still needs to be ratified by the DI Board next week, but that is expected.

The new rules will go into effect immediately, though in reality they have already been enacted through a lawsuit filed late last year.

Transfer windows, which are sport-specific, remain in place and require undergraduate athletes to enter their names into the portal at certain times to be immediately eligible at a new school. Graduate students can already transfer multiple times and enter the portal outside the windows while maintaining immediate eligibility

 

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Portal to close May 1 for all potential transfers

New transfer legislation passed last week by the NCAA has added a sense of urgency to the looming close of the men's and women's basketball transfer windows.

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A portal deadline for all (excepting coaching changes):

New transfer legislation passed last week by the NCAA has added a sense of urgency to the looming close of the men's and women's transfer windows, as all transfers -- even graduate transfers -- now need to be in the portal by the close of their sports' windows.

Previously, graduate transfers didn't need to adhere to transfer window dates and could enter the portal at any time. For example, Cam Spencer left Rutgers in June and committed to UConn, ultimately helping lead the Huskies to their second straight national championship.

Last week's transfer legislation, however, included the elimination of the graduate transfer exception. and that has caught players and coaches by surprise.

"Student-athletes who plan to enroll as graduate students at their next school can enter the portal at any time during the academic year but must enter the portal prior to the conclusion of their respective sports' final transfer windows," the NCAA wrote in a news release.

The new rule, approved by the Division I board of directors on Monday, applies to all sports and is effective immediately, the NCAA confirmed to ESPN.

With the transfer portal for men's and women's basketball closing Wednesday, that could lead to a flood of names entering the portal before then.

The exception for coaching changes remains in place, which gives players 30 days to enter the portal from the date their coaches left. Most notably, that would apply to players from BYU, since Mark Pope left the Cougars to take over at Kentucky on April 12.

As of Thursday morning, more than 1,900 Division I men's basketball players had entered the portal, while more than 1,300 Division I women's basketball players had entered.