The NCAA Division I Council has approved immediate eligibility for all transfers, allowing unlimited transfers with no year-in residency requirement. Schools can now assist student-athletes with NIL opportunities, requiring disclosure of activities valuing $600+. Virginia's new NIL law allows direct athlete signings from July 1, potentially prompting significant NCAA changes.
#UVa, #Hokies, #VCU, #JMU among the schools with contingents to mark Virginia’s pioneering NIL legislation. XXL deal for the state. https://t.co/KDxeE0i0Yr
Schools in Virginia will be allowed to directly sign athletes to NIL deals starting July 1 thanks to a new state law. This could be a catalyst for significant changes that NCAA members have been thus far unwilling to make. Full details: https://t.co/TZnRjnCKvw
New era of college sports arrives, as NCAA approves unlimited transfers that could lead to public NFL-like roster cuts. What could be next? Coaches discussing why they’re cutting players? Higher NIL buyouts? Times are changing. Read: https://t.co/LEKUkIuD2N https://t.co/3lbzqdpOYY
Division I Council approves changes to transfer rules https://t.co/OIPuBURfbo
NEW: The NCAA Division I Council green-lit immediate eligibility for all transfers today, but an archaic SEC rule is still a roadblock for intra-conference movement. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian weighs in with the Longhorns needing to adhere to the rule: https://t.co/9EdM3gs9D3
NCAA Council approves immediate eligibility for multi-time transfers, school assistance for NIL opportunities https://t.co/hjmYn2Ono8
Unlimited transfers with immediate eligibility, which began with a court injunction last winter, are now officially here to stay. Godspeed, coaches. https://t.co/FSmt8my7bl
We're moving closer to school's having control of NIL in-house. https://t.co/JdhruBgKeK
We're moving closer to school's having control on NIL in-house. https://t.co/JdhruBgKeK
NCAA crawling toward in-house NIL. https://t.co/9XCov92Yst
DI Council adopts rules allowing schools to assist student-athletes with NIL opportunities, if those student-athletes disclose NIL activities valuing $600+ to their schools. Decision is not final until the meeting concludes Thurs. and must be ratified by DI Board next week.
After years of strife surrounding the issue of transfers we've officially entered the age of unfettered free agency. On Wednesday, the NCAA D-I Council adopted legislation to remove the year-in residency requirement for multiple transfers. @EricPrisbell: https://t.co/qbw6Qs4OCt https://t.co/XDMndPhcD0
The expedited rule change (it's technically called emergency legislation, but frankly that makes it sound a little more dramatic than necessary) essentially formalizes what the court has ordered: Athletes can transfer as often as they want and be immediately eligible. https://t.co/H14yyR2z2e
Now official. No one has to sit out a year after transferring. https://t.co/7GmO1M7ryl
Council changes transfer rules, permits immediate eligibility for transfers who are academically eligible/in good standing at prev. school & meet progress-toward-degree requirements at new school. Decision not final until meeting ends Thurs, must be ratified by DI Board Monday.
NCAA DI Council is meeting today/tomorrow with 2 notable items to adopt: -align transfer rule with injunction (permitting unlimited transfers) -permitting schools to facilitate NIL deals with third parties (story on that from 2 weeks ago - https://t.co/akOGJool4Z)
Top stories from this morning's D1.ticker: + TV execs question the Super League + Congressional F-1 visa NIL legislation introduced + The impact of Virginia's new NIL bill + Leveraging hoops titles for NIL investment + The COI's threat to former HC Jim Harbaugh Read more ⬇️
With total transfer freedom we're one step closer to majoring in football -- if anyone cares just how the heck these boys and girls stay eligible these days. A deep dive into the loss of the collegiate model: https://t.co/KVYTlQcheG
How college football’s era of unlimited free transfers works, and how we got here https://t.co/nL9ypqrM01