NCAA making some changes

[WestWYOPoke]

"Let them have cream cheese with their bagels!"

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/10802011/mark-emmert-agrees-ncaa-rule-food-was-absurd

Interesting point in the article talks about adding an extra year to any athletes that transfer and have to sit out a year as a result.

 

[fromolwyoming]

So transferring after your redshirt year and before you graduate would carry no consequences to nomadic players?

 

[WestWYOPoke]

That's how I'm interpreting it; they would still have to sit out a year, but would get one back at the end of their normal eligibility.

 

[WestWYOPoke]

Just came across this article from the NCAA.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/council-recommends-transfer-policy-change

It looks like they would need to apply for (and be granted) a hardship waiver in order to get the 6th year added to their eligibility. So similar to a medical hardship, except this would be for non-medical reasons like a serious illness in the family or maybe transferring to take courses not offered by your original institution (that's not spelled out in the article, I'm just assuming that could be a legitimate, but possibly abused, reason).

 

[BeaverPoke]

So transferring after your redshirt year and before you graduate would carry no consequences to nomadic players?

So what happens when there is a kid who goes to a MWC or MAC school and was receiving some interest from a Pac12 or Big10 school, then he red-shirts, puts on 20 pounds of muscle his freshman year then the Pac12/Big10 school decides he is good enough, and offers?

I see this as a way to turn non-BCS schools into the minor leagues for the BCS schools.

 

[BeaverPoke]

So transferring after your redshirt year and before you graduate would carry no consequences to nomadic players?

So what happens when there is a kid who goes to a MWC or MAC school and was receiving some interest from a Pac12 or Big10 school, then he red-shirts, puts on 20 pounds of muscle his freshman year then the Pac12/Big10 school decides he is good enough, and offers?

I see this as a way to turn non-BCS schools into the minor leagues for the BCS schools.

 

[WestWYOPoke]

So transferring after your redshirt year and before you graduate would carry no consequences to nomadic players?

So what happens when there is a kid who goes to a MWC or MAC school and was receiving some interest from a Pac12 or Big10 school, then he red-shirts, puts on 20 pounds of muscle his freshman year then the Pac12/Big10 school decides he is good enough, and offers?

I see this as a way to turn non-BCS schools into the minor leagues for the BCS schools.

Well that scenario could happen right now, EXCEPT it's illegal for schools to contact a player at another university. They can't converse unless A) the player is released by their original school, or B) the player's current school gives the specific school permission to contact a player.

Either way, the rule provision they are talking about is only in effect if a hardship waiver is approved.