The Division I transfer working group proposed new changes:
Major takeaway is that grad transfers would count for two years if they don't complete their graduate degree in the first year. I think what happens in that programs start funneling grad transfers into one-year programs, but if they can't do that, I think this severely discourages grad transfers, especially in basketball.
- Allow student-athletes who have enrolled in summer school and received athletics financial aid to transfer and play immediately if their head coach departs before the first day of classes for the fall term.
- Allow walk-on student-athletes on teams that provide athletics aid and nonrecruited walk-ons to transfer and play immediately.
- Require schools to count financial aid for postgraduate transfers who receive athletics aid and have one season of eligibility remaining in football, women’s basketball and men’s basketball against team limits for two years, regardless of whether the student-athlete remains enrolled after exhausting athletics eligibility. However, a student who successfully completes all degree requirements before the start of the second year would not count in the second year.
- Prohibit student-athletes in all sports from competing during the championship season for two different schools in the same academic year.
Major takeaway is that grad transfers would count for two years if they don't complete their graduate degree in the first year. I think what happens in that programs start funneling grad transfers into one-year programs, but if they can't do that, I think this severely discourages grad transfers, especially in basketball.
