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"Barta said there is wide support in his committee for two changes he expects to take effect by this fall regardless of whether the full rule change is ready — students will no longer need their university’s permission to transfer, and the university cannot block them from getting financial aid at their new school. In the past, a coach could create a list of schools, typically rivals, where an athlete couldn’t transfer and remain on scholarship.
The new rule mandates “an accountability both ways,” Barta said.
Barta said NCAA data show that an athlete who transfers schools has a lower likelihood of graduating. The new rule would address that by ensuring that only students with a certain GPA — probably well above 3.0 — and enough coursework completed to be on track to graduate on time would be allowed to transfer and play immediately. Those details are still being worked out."
"“We haven’t gotten into, how would we grandfather it in. The goal is to have it set by June, but we haven’t talked about, would that apply to everybody immediately or would it apply starting Aug. 1?”
Barta’s committee meets again in April to further clarify how the rule would work. The full NCAA council would vote in June."