D1I college baseball players who are not receiving scholarship $ are now eligible to transfer to another school without having to sit out a year...

[huskymedic]

First 5 articles should be “free”

Transfer Portal, Rule Changes Shake Up Transfer Market — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America

The combination has led to some confusion and at least the feeling among many coaches that this summer has had a more robust transfer market.

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>>First, in April, the NCAA’s Division I Council passed a few pieces of legislation aimed at reforming the transfer process. One change allows any player who is not (and has not previously been) on an athletic scholarship can transfer and be immediately eligible. That change has shaken up this summer’s transfer market and have many coaches wondering how they should handle the new policy going forward.<<

>>In basketball and football, which are headcount sports with every player on a full scholarship, the rule really just releases true walk-ons to freely transfer once to another school to play immediately. For baseball, however, its effect is much greater. Because baseball teams are capped at 11.7 scholarships to be divided between a maximum of 27 players (with a minimum of a 25 percent scholarship), but their roster is capped at 35 players, there are usually at least eight walk-ons on every roster who receive no money. Further, because so few players are on full athletic scholarships, there are many talented players taking advantage of academic aid or other forms of institutional aid, sometimes to the point where they don’t receive any athletic scholarship money at all. They also qualify to transfer freely under this new rule.<<

 

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[uconnbaseball]

Not sure how giving less than 25% of a scholarship is a game changer. What the sport needs is more scholarship $$$ and a third paid assistant coach.

 

[whaler11]

Not sure how giving less than 25% of a scholarship is a game changer. What the sport needs is more scholarship $$$ and a third paid assistant coach.

It would mean they could give 5 kids 5% and they can’t transfer without penalty. It’s just Athletic Directors dealing with the sadz.

 

[the Q]

It would mean they could give 5 kids 5% and they can’t transfer without penalty. It’s just Athletic Directors dealing with the sadz.

I remember reading an article a while about how Back in the old days LSU would have like 40 guys in their roster with 5% scholarships.

 

[navery12]

Does this affect the transfers we have coming in?

 

[huskymedic]

Does this affect the transfers we have coming in?

I’m thinking it’s what could have enabled them knowing they don’t have to sit if they got no money @ previous school.

 

[huskymedic]

Good article for those who haven’t really paid attention to the non-football side of the portal:
D1Baseball: Going Inside The NCAA’s Transfer Portal

>>As one prominent coach said, it’s no longer like the old days when you picked up a phone and called a contact about a potential transfer.

These days, it’s all an open book, thanks to the NCAA’s Transfer Portal, which has plenty of admirers but also its vocal detractors.

The NCAA Transfer Portal, at least for Division I Baseball, includes 1,088 names with Louisville departing graduate transfer Austin Dickey being the latest addition to a growing list of college baseball players looking for a new home.<<

>>On one hand, the Transfer Portal has been a major plus for some players and coaches. For those players with need-based aid or who simply are walk-ons with no athletic aid, it’s an easy and immediate way to be seen by other coaches should they choose to transfer. Defending national champion Vanderbilt, for instance, has two players — Austin Becker and Justin Willis — who transferred out after the season and will be immediately eligible at Texas Tech and Connecticut, respectively. On the other, some coaches have issues with the Transfer Portal. Though they admittedly find it fascinating, they’re not excited about other schools, certainly not conference foes, having easy and instant access of their transfers, especially those not on athletic aid who can freely move about the country without sitting out, per the newest transfer rules.<<

 

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>>• Speaking of Vandy, here is where its departed players are headed: Makenzie Stills (Kennesaw State), John Malcom (unknown), Kiambu Fentress (graduate transfer), Cam McMillan (unknown) and righthander Justin Willis is headed to Connecticut and will be immediately eligible to play. Willis was a highly touted prep prospect before redshirting for the Commodores this past season.

 

[huskymedic]

Some more info from D1 on G5 programs:

>>...the Sun Belt leads the charge with 42 transfers, followed by the American with 40, Conference USA with 36, Mid-American with 19 and the Mountain West with 16.

PORTAL NOTES:
• Any player not on athletic aid may now transfer without sitting out. That change occurred when the NCAA Transfer Working Group amended bylaw 14.5.5.2. While the term used for those players is “walk-on”, it’s worth noting that players who are receiving need-based aid (but not athletic aid) may also now transfer without sitting out. It’s a rule change that’s gaining steam in discussions around college baseball.

• The team/portal figures below include any players who entered the portal from Fall 2018 thru Summer 2019. With classes beginning in a couple of weeks for most, there’s a chance some players drop off the list and choose to return to those programs, while other programs might actually add to their tallies. The portal only includes players leaving programs.

• It’s worth noting the tallies below include graduate transfers, which can skew a program’s transfer total. The portal can also include anyone who tried out for a team in the fall, or who was a walk-on during the fall (no matter the amount of days practiced).

• One last note: There have been some occurrences where players who have attended one-day tryouts have been entered into the portal as walk-ons at a particular program. We’ve been monitoring and skimming through those names to ensure accuracy.

• The portal includes 1,099 names at the Division I level with 153 hailing from one of the five Group of Five conferences.<<

AMERICAN
Wichita State — 10
Tulane — 6
UCF — 6
Cincinnati — 4
Connecticut — 4
Houston — 4
East Carolina — 3
Memphis — 2
South Florida — 1
TOTAL: 40

• It’s certainly worth noting that the Shockers had turnover in the offseason with the departure of head coach Todd Butler and the addition of Eric Wedge. Coaching changes can often tilt someone’s transfer total to a higher direction.

• One of UCF’s transfers, electric outfielder Ray Alejo, was a graduate transfer and is headed to Texas A&M this fall. Again, as we mention above, grad transfers can often skew totals a little bit. UCF also lost Dallas Beaver to South Carolina.<<