Proposal Allowing Athletes To Transfer Instantly After Coaching Change Picks Up Steam

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Athletes would be allowed to transfer schools without restriction if their coach were fired or left for another job as part of sweeping proposal that is making its way through Division I, CBS Sports has learned. However, athletes would not be permitted to follow the departing coach to their new program.

The proposal, which originated from the Big 12, would also allow athletes to transfer without sitting out a season (as currently mandated by NCAA rules) in the event a postseason ban is handed down by the NCAA as punishment to their program.

The traditional academic "year in residence" for transfers in all other situations would still be in place and extended to every sport. Presently, that is only a requirement in five NCAA sports.

The proposal authored by the faculty athletic representatives at Baylor and Iowa State has received early support. Skeptics note it is merely a proposal, not the proposal. Still, the document shared with CBS Sports seems to be the most detailed offering to date as a means of fixing the NCAA's long-criticized transfer policies.

"Basically, we're saying kids can go anywhere they want," Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard said. "For the first time ever in college athletics, the student-athlete is empowered."

Changing the NCAA's entrenched transfer rules has become one of the most significant undertakings in the association's history.

Coaches have long been able to "block" where a transfer goes. Athletes also have to seek release from their scholarships to immediately get aid at another school. Frequently, they have to get "permission" from the school/coach to move on to their desired school.

Those practices would end if the aforementioned proposal is adopted.
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Husker NoNo said:
Free Noah Vedral!!!!
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From the article:

Athletes would be allowed to transfer schools without restriction if their coach were fired or left for another job as part of sweeping proposal that is making its way through Division I, CBS Sports has learned. However, athletes would not be permitted to follow the departing coach to their new program.
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Couple thoughts....

This would probably make the lame duck coach tactic less effective on the recruiting trail.  After all, if the coach does get fired, you're an instant free agent.

On the other hand, can you imagine the fire sale that could happen when coaches are let go?  Upper classmen possibly leaving in mass exodus...maybe 4 or 5 of them joining another program together...NBA superfriends style.  Not sure that is a good thing.

 
Jason Sitoke said:
Couple thoughts....

This would probably make the lame duck coach tactic less effective on the recruiting trail.  After all, if the coach does get fired, you're an instant free agent.

On the other hand, can you imagine the fire sale that could happen when coaches are let go?  Upper classmen possibly leaving in mass exodus...maybe 4 or 5 of them joining another program together...NBA superfriends style.  Not sure that is a good thing.
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Considering they still have to sit out a year, I don’t see a huge change in the amount of transfers.

 
Edison's Enemy said:
Considering they still have to sit out a year, I don’t see a huge change in the amount of transfers.
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So since the vast majority of coaching changes take place right before the end of the semester, what's the difference between this and what's happening now?  

 
Mavric said:
So since the vast majority of coaching changes take place right before the end of the semester, what's the difference between this and what's happening now?  
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Basically, coaches/schools can’t say “we release you from scholarship, but you can’t go to an in-conference school or x, y, z.”

Considering most players are able to successfully appeal the mandatory sit-out when teams get a post-season ban, I basically see it as a “let’s just go ahead and make it a rule to have less on our plate” sort of thing.

 
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