The transfer portal has been deemed the Wild West of collegiate sports. Coaches ride a fine line regarding tampering with opposing players, a source of contention between coaches (see USC’s Lincoln Riley and Pittsburgh’s Pat Narduzzi).
On Thursday the Division I transformational committee suggested numerous changes to the transfer portal, which are designed, in their view, “to stabilize the transfer environment, require additional accountability for schools that receive transfer student-athletes and provide student-athletes with a window of time to enter the transfer portal each year in order to be eligible to compete in the following year.”
DI Transformation Committee forwards initial recommendations to DI Board: https://t.co/OApKOMP5Vc
— Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) June 16, 2022
The changes make sense on multiple fronts. Numerous student-athletes have entered the portal only to not get re-recruited by other schools. Obviously tampering has been an issue as well.
With any proposed rules, there will be time to work out the kinks of the recommendations. This is a great recommendation by the committee and not a wait-and-see approach to guidelines for the transfer portal.
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