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NCAA players and other athletes
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"This creates a safe place sports can transfer one time
for student-athletes to without sitting out. There
have a conversation with was never serious consider-
their coaches and makes ation to lifting the year-in-
the whole process more residence altogether, but
transparent," Clark said. tying unrestricted transfer
Standoffs between athletes to an athlete's grade-point
and coaches over transfers average was considered.
have often led to embar- That idea has fallen off the
rassing results for schools table amid concerns about
standing in the way of creating an inequitable
players who want to leave. system that could face le-
Last spring at Kansas State, gal challenges.
reserve receiver Corey Sut- The NCAA said legislation
ton said he was blocked that governs when a Power
him from transferring to 35 Five school can reduce or
schools by coach Bill Sny- In this April 25, 2018, file photo, the NCAA headquarters is shown in Indianapolis. College athletes cancel financial aid for an
der before the school fi- will no longer need permission from their coach or school to transfer and receive financial aid athlete may be looked at
nally relented amid public from another school. next week. Currently, a stu-
pressure. Associated Press dent's notification of intent
Even with the new rule, to transfer at the end of a
conferences could still re- rules against impermissible "I'm proud of the effort the Much of the talk about term is not a listed reason
strict athletes from transfer- recruiting of athletes under transfer working group put transfers focuses on the so- a school can use to can-
ring within the league. scholarship. A proposal was forth to make this hap- called year-in-residence, cel aid. The so-called au-
The NCAA transfer working originally presented to the pen for student-athletes, the one year a player in tonomy conferences will
group, led by South Dakota D-I Council in April, but ta- coaches and schools." the most high-profile sports consider two different pro-
State athletic director Jus- bled to allow conferences The NCAA has made sever- such as football and bas- posals to allow schools to
tin Sell, has been working to provide feedback from al attempts in recent years ketball must sit out after cancel the aid.
on reform since last year. spring meetings. to change transfer rules, switching schools. The transfer working group
The group quickly found "The membership showed but this is the first to come There was discussion about initially was looking at uni-
support for switching from a today that it supports up with something substan- easing that restriction, form rules across all sports.
permission model to notifi- this significant change in tive — if not comprehen- which doesn't exist in most Now that will be re-exam-
cation while also codifying transfer rules," Sell said. sive. NCAA sports. Golfers, tennis ined in the fall.q