Transfer Rules Changing

[Hockeybuckeye]

I don't know if this is old news to some but this story appears today announcing a lawsuit settlement against the NCAA on student transfers.

https://www.peakofohio.com/local-news/ag-yost-and-allies-score-major-win-for-college-athletes

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

If I understand it correctly all restrictions on student athletes transfers are now gone.
Does this make the transfer portal irrelevant?

 

[ZedLeppelin]

Does this make the transfer portal irrelevant?

No, it makes committment to a school irrelevant. Now a student-athlete can play for three schools in four years without having to sit a year.

 

[Hockeybuckeye]

No, it makes committment to a school irrelevant. Now a student-athlete can play for three schools in four years without having to sit a year.

When you look at how many players get left in the portal I feel there won't be a lot of ship jumping because of this.

 

[robertearle]

Undergrad transfers were done through the portal under what was known as the "one time exception". This does away with the "one time" part. Otherwise, I think the mechanism remains "the portal".

The bigger question, that we don't know and won't learn for some time, is how the "athletes can be paid directly" settlement will change things. Does that change the nature of scholarships, the number of scholarships available, the nature of the National Letter of Intent, and on and on. The Big Ten currently requires member schools to guarantee four years of scholarship to any athlete given scholarship in their NLI. Essentially a contract. If the NLI morphs into even more of a contract, can that contract be written to not only bind the school to the student, but also require the student be more tightly bound to the school? THAT could fundamentally change the transfer process and "The portal". Who knows?

 

[Timothy A]

To 95% of the women's college hockey players, the most important thing is getting a degree so they can earn a decent living post college. Credit transfer when I was going to college in the late 80's early 90's was dicey. What is it like now? Are 2 years of credits from Lindewood + year's worth from Cornell + 1 years worth of credits from MN going to equal a Bachelors degree?

 

[StPaulSam]

To 95% of the women's college hockey players, the most important thing is getting a degree so they can earn a decent living post college. Credit transfer when I was going to college in the late 80's early 90's was dicey. What is it like now? Are 2 years of credits from Lindewood + year's worth from Cornell + 1 years worth of credits from MN going to equal a Bachelors degree?

You'd be surprised, things can be a lot more flexible these days. When I was in undergrad, I moved overseas for a few years to study at a different school. I ended up not finishing my degree there and transferring back to where I started. All I needed to provide was some documentation about each course that I was trying to transfer. And the various component colleges often have a good bit of flexibility in how the rules are actually applied.

I think the one most likely to trip people up is the requirement that a certain number of upper division credits be acquired at the university you're graduating from, e.g., UMN's Sports Management bachelors require 18 semester hours of upper division major classes to be at UMN: https://umtc.catalog.prod.coursedog.com/programs/104520106

But that doesn't mean that requirement can't be overlooked.

There are also a number of degree completion programs for athletes who don't finish their degrees before running out of eligibility. I know for instance that Jeff Sims (former U. Nebraska Quarterback who started at Georgia Tech) was able to go back to Georgia Tech in the spring semester and finish his bachelors. He's now at Arizona State for a master's degree (probably in throwing interceptions and fumbling the football...)

 

[Steamboat]

There are also a number of degree completion programs for athletes who don't finish their degrees before running out of eligibility. I know for instance that Jeff Sims (former U. Nebraska Quarterback who started at Georgia Tech) was able to go back to Georgia Tech in the spring semester and finish his bachelors. He's now at Arizona State for a master's degree (probably in throwing interceptions and fumbling the football...)

Why not perfect what you do best? (Cheap shot seen and raised).