fishnsail posted:22and25 posted:Here are the relevant issues to understand, they are intertwined:
If I understand it correctly, your son could play right away only if he was not "Recruited" as defined below, the school he is leaving grants a release and the school he is going to will certify him.
Academic year in residence: Under the basic transfer regulations, you must spend an academic year in residence at the school to which you are transferring. If you transfer from a four-year college to an NCAA school, you must complete one academic year in residence at the new school before you can play for or receive travel expenses from the new school, unless you qualify for a transfer exception or waiver. To satisfy an academic year in residence, you must be enrolled in and successfully complete a full-time program of studies for two-full semesters or three-full quarters. Summer school terms and part-time enrollment do not count toward fulfilling an academic year in residence.
One-time transfer exception: If you transfer from a four-year school, you may be immediately eligible to compete at your new school if you meet ALL the following conditions:
- You are transferring to a Division II or III school, or you are transferring to a Division I school in any sport other than baseball, men's or women's basketball, football (Football Bowl Subdivision) or men’s ice hockey. If you are transferring to a Division I school for any of the previously-listed sports, you may be eligible to compete immediately if you were not recruited by your original school and you have never received an athletics scholarship.
- You are academically and athletically eligible at your previous four-year school.
- You receive a transfer-release agreement from your previous four-year school.
Recruited: If a college coach calls you more than once, contacts you off campus, pays your expenses to visit the campus, or in Divisions I and II, issues you a National Letter of Intent or a written offer of financial aid, you are considered to be recruited. In Division I, a written offer of financial aid to attend summer school before full-time enrollment does not mean you have been recruited.
Certifying school: The new school that you want to attend determines whether you are eligible to play.
Thank you for that .
The only tricky part for us in there is the "not recruited by original school " which can be a wide interpretation.
Did he visit the school? yes , but he visited other schools as well. Was he recruited? Hmm , a good question..maybe he thought he was being recruited but instead he walked into an open tryout situation along with 35 or so other "new players and transfers" . Being told one thing and then having something else opposite happen could cause a challenge to the "were you recruited " question.
I will contact Rick as many on here has said to do
If he thought he was being recruited then, unfortunately, he probably was in the eyes of the NCAA. The definition of recruited on the NCAA page is all that matters in that regard. It sounds like you feel like he was lied to, that doesn't really matter for the purpose of your question, except perhaps in an appeal to the NCAA for an exception.
If his answer to any of the following questions is "yes", he was recruited according the NCAA for transfer purposes.
Did a coach from your current school call you more than once?
Did a coach from your current school contacts you off campus?
Did they pay your expenses to visit the campus?
Did you sign a National Letter of Intent or a written offer of financial aid?
If he can honestly answer "no" to all of those questions then he may have a shot at playing right away just based on how I read the relevant rules. I hope it works out that way, it sounds like he was put into a bad position by his current school.
I would agree with the others though, get help from a pro who deals with this for a living.