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There is an NCAA document called Transfer 101. It details everything you need to know if you are fluent in NCAA legal-ease. Truthfully, I would call 317/917-6222 to speak to someone about your very SPECFIC situation. My understanding is that you will need to request a release from your current academic in residence. I'll defer to the NCAA experts.
NCAA Transfer Guide 101
There is an NCAA document called Transfer 101. It details everything you need to know if you are fluent in NCAA legal-ease. Truthfully, I would call 317/917-6222 to speak to someone about your very SPECFIC situation. My understanding is that you will need to request a release from your current academic in residence. I'll defer to the NCAA experts.
NCAA Transfer Guide 101
Thanks fenway
I Read the attached guide thanks, glad to have the information. I am always interested in this sort of thing.
I do have a general Question about the following exception:
Why are these sports specifically called out?
I do have a general Question about the following exception:
quote:If this is your first transfer…
If you have never transferred before from a four-year school, you might be able to use the one-time transfer exception to play
right away at a Division I or II school.
To use this exception, you must:
1. Be playing a sport other than baseball in Division I, basketball in Division I, men's ice hockey in Division I or football in Division
I. Note: In football you may be eligible to use this exception if:
a. You transfer from a Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) school to a Football Championship Subdivision
(formerly Division I-AA) school and have at least two seasons of competition remaining; or
b. You transfer from a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) school that offers athletics scholarships to a
Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) that does not offer athletics scholarships.
Important Note: If you do not qualify for this exception due to any of the conditions in Subsection 1 above, you may
be able to use the exception if you were not recruited by your first four-year school AND have never received an athletics
scholarship.
Why are these sports specifically called out?
There are lots of non-athletic reasons why a player might desire to transfer schools. Nobody, including the NCAA, wants to place a blanket restriction on these transfers.
However, there are costs to the player and to athletic programs when players transfer. Generally academic progress suffers, at least in the short term. The sports mentioned had a history of excessive transfers which were clearly motivated by athletic concerns. Baseball is the most recent addition to the list of sports which don't allow the one-time exception. It's not a great solution to the issue, and has some undesired side effects, but the rule as now written is on balance better than before. At least that's the opinion of the rule makers, and nearly all of the stakeholders in the NCAA, excepting unhappy players.
However, there are costs to the player and to athletic programs when players transfer. Generally academic progress suffers, at least in the short term. The sports mentioned had a history of excessive transfers which were clearly motivated by athletic concerns. Baseball is the most recent addition to the list of sports which don't allow the one-time exception. It's not a great solution to the issue, and has some undesired side effects, but the rule as now written is on balance better than before. At least that's the opinion of the rule makers, and nearly all of the stakeholders in the NCAA, excepting unhappy players.
Thanks 3fg. I knew I could count on you.