More chaos coming to the NCAA
NCAA approves transfer rule allowing immediate eligibility
Well, this is getting interesting. It seems more chaos is coming to the NCAA thanks to the new ruling today. Wednesday saw the NCAA give its approval to a fresh transfer rule. This latest rule permits all undergraduate athletes to transfer to a new school and play immediately provided they satisfy the required academic criteria.
As if the organization wasn’t creating enough mess, with lawsuits in several courts, they’ve now allowed musical chairs to ensue.
Erik Haslam on Twitter: “The NCAA: https://t.co/96ewYIrEhb pic.twitter.com/AlRgWZkBUQ / Twitter”
The NCAA: https://t.co/96ewYIrEhb pic.twitter.com/AlRgWZkBUQ
Needs ratification
Not everyone loves the rule
But some college coaches, including Oregon sideline boss Dan Lanning, aren’t fully sold on the new rule.
“One of the questions we have to ask ourselves is, at what point does the degree still matter?” Lanning recently said, according to Dinich. “I think it’s going to make it harder and harder if guys become multi-year transfer guys for them to actually have a college degree. If you graduate, there’s a lot of times it makes sense. Change schools as many times as you want, if you graduate. But on the same note, if somebody’s changing schools three times, I’m wondering what their progress toward a degree really looks like. I think that’s something everyone should probably have some awareness of.”
David Lindsley on Twitter: “The beginning of the end of college sports! Every student athlete is now a free agent to shop around for the highest NIL offer they can find. 😡 / Twitter”
The beginning of the end of college sports! Every student athlete is now a free agent to shop around for the highest NIL offer they can find. 😡
Two more weeks of moving
The transfer portal window for college football players to transfer has begun and will remain open for 14 days starting from Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the NCAA’s Division I council has approved a new legislation. It allows universities to offer more support to their athletes regarding their name, image, and likeness activities. Although schools are still prohibited from directly paying the athletes, this new rule is expected to aid in creating NIL agreements between the players and third parties.
Why?
What could be the possible reasons the NCAA would allow this? I genuinely would love for folks to reply in the comments below. This only creates further issues with what was once the most exciting level of sports to watch for me. There’s no doubt players will shuffle teams constantly. Coaches will lose any power. Just think, the backup gets yelled at, so he jumps ship.
This could be the end of the NCAA, at least in Football and Basketball.