NCAA Division 1 Council News

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The NCAA D-I Council voted to narrow the criteria for approval of waiver requests for immediate eligibility for second-time transfers; "athletics reasons (lack of playing time, position presence) and academic preferences should not warrant waiver relief"


Transfer waiver guidelines​

The Council voted unanimously to update guidelines for the waiver process for undergraduate student-athletes who are transferring for a second time.

Each waiver request will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but moving forward, student-athletes must meet one of the following criteria to be granted a waiver to compete immediately:

  • A demonstrated physical injury or illness or mental health condition that necessitated the student's transfer (supporting documentation, care plans and proximity of the student's support system will be considered), or
  • Exigent circumstances that clearly necessitate a student-athlete's immediate departure from the previous school (e.g., physical assault or abuse, sexual assault) unrelated to the student-athlete's athletics participation.
All other guidelines will no longer be used for waiver requests to compete during championship seasons that first occur in 2023-24.

The Council agreed that athletics reasons (lack of playing time, position presence) and academic preferences should not warrant waiver relief.

The Council directed the Transfer Advisory Group to recommend changes to the transfer waiver process to manage situations that fall outside these guidelines.

For transfer student-athletes expected to meet the requirements for a limited transfer exception (discontinued sport, or non-scholarship exception) the Council voted to allow student-athletes to enter the Transfer Portal at any time instead of requiring them to use their respective sport's transfer window.
 

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The Transfer Portal Rules of the last few years have left teams short of the seven minimum basketball players dressed per game and brought about the differences in how conferences treat cancellations, forfeits, rescheduling and if to count them for their final record.

UConn WBB had the dilemma last week.

Arizona State WBB has been forced to cancel and forfeit its games at Utah (Jan. 13) and at Colorado (Jan. 15), because the team does not have enough available players for this weekend.
 
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