Current Grad Transfer Rule Up for Vote After Final Four
The scope of this topic, which is becoming one huge thread, might be changing in the future. I've cut and pasted excerpts from a NY Times article that writes about this primarily from the viewpoint of men's hoops. BTW, the proposed rule would only affect men's and women's hoops and football.
"The graduate transfer rule, the rare N.C.A.A. regulation that gives leverage to the athlete, has been used by hundreds of players since it was relaxed in 2011.
"It is also a rule that may not last much longer.
"In two weeks, the N.C.A.A.’s primary legislative body, the Division I Council, will vote on a measure that could severely restrict graduate transfers. The proposed rule change would require that colleges accepting graduate transfers be docked a scholarship the next year if the transfer does not earn his secondary degree within a year.
"Justin Sell, the athletic director at South Dakota State who led the Division I transfer working group that developed the proposal, said that too often graduate transfers in men’s basketball and football had little interest in obtaining graduate degrees.
“We really want to protect against the football player who is done and leaves in December and the basketball player who is done and leaves in March,” Sell said. “A lot of students are looking to use it to play another year. Who’s seriously there for the master’s?”
Justin Sell, the athletic director at South Dakota State who led the Division I transfer working group that developed the proposal, said that too often graduate transfers in men’s basketball and football had little interest in obtaining graduate degrees.
“We really want to protect against the football player who is done and leaves in December and the basketball player who is done and leaves in March,” Sell said. “A lot of students are looking to use it to play another year. Who’s seriously there for the master’s?”
N.C.A.A. Clock May Be Running Out on Graduate Transfers
One of my children got a masters degree that took one year. Another, one that took two.
Compromise: "Demonstrated progress...."?
Most certainly seems like some coaches are trying to get this bit of player choice back in their side of the court.