OT: Proposed One-time Transfer Exemption

[allhailme]

Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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1h

One-time transfer waivers are dead until at least 2021-22 academic year, sources told
@Stadium, as NCAA Division I Council approved a resolution to develop legislation regarding transfer eligibility for January 2021 that would not be effective until 2021-22 academic year

Meh. As has been pointed out most players will probably just apply for hardship waivers and dare the NCAA to deny them to avoid sitting out. If a global pandemic isn’t a hardship then I don’t know what is.

 

[gmujim92]

Meh. As has been pointed out most players will probably just apply for hardship waivers and dare the NCAA to deny them to avoid sitting out. If a global pandemic isn’t a hardship then I don’t know what is.

Conversely, if the NCAA wanted all of these transfers to be immediately eligible, they could have done that. They chose not to.

 

[Pablo]

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/di-council-approves-transfer-resolution:

"The Division I Council approved a resolution Wednesday that outlined its intention to adopt by January a comprehensive legislative package creating uniform, modernized rules governing eligibility after transfer for student-athletes in all sports.

The resolution was recommended by the Transfer Waiver Working Group, which earlier this year had proposed a change to waiver guidelines that would have accomplished the same goal but through the waiver process instead of through a legislative change. Last month, the Division I Board of Directors indicated it preferred a legislative change and lifted the moratorium it had placed on transfer eligibility proposals last fall."

"The Council committed to work with conferences, schools, the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the Division I Committee on Academics and other committees to form a permanent legislative solution.

Currently, Division I rules permit student-athletes in all sports except baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, football and men’s ice hockey to immediately compete after a first transfer. Reliance on the waiver process for student-athletes in those five sports has put enormous strain on a historically collaborative process built to handle extenuating circumstances.

The resolution called the waiver process 'an unsustainable method to achieve lasting stability, consistency and transparency within the transfer environment' and declared it was 'never designed to accommodate sustained requests for relief from a rule without actually changing the rule.'

The comprehensive package will address issues that impact transfer, including academic requirements, roster management considerations, transfer notification dates, accountability measures for schools that accept transfer students, and additional education on the transfer rules and process. The Committee on Academics will provide its guidance to any academic aspects of the package."

 

[Pablo]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...g-happen-college-basketball-transfers-2020-21:

"The immediate focus now shifts to "sit-out transfers" who will have to apply for waivers in order to play in 2020-21. What percentage of these players do you expect to apply for waivers, and what is your sense of whether the NCAA will grant these waivers?

I expect a massive increase in waiver applications. One, plenty of student-athletes who entered the portal were likely under the impression they wouldn't have to sit out next season. Some of those players are likely to apply for a waiver. Two, there will be coronavirus-related waiver requests, with players choosing to play closer to home or simply leave a certain state. That's in addition to the usual waiver requests from players who saw their coaches leave or felt they were forced to leave.

It's hard to gauge whether the NCAA is going to be more lenient in granting waivers; there has been no indication one way or the other."

 

[GMUgemini]

Why would you even want to waste a season of eligibility on a year that might be played without fans, or cut short by a worse than foreseen second wave? I'd take the red-shirt and get that year back. The calculus of this of course changes if you are a legit pro-prospect, but how many of them have transferred this season?

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Does more waivers impact the incoming class though?

If the number of scholarships a program can have doesn't change but more hardship waivers are granted, does that force programs to either take fewer recruits from the current class as the Seniors have been extended or tell a Senior who has been extended that his scholarship won't be honored.

 

[GMUgemini]

Does more waivers impact the incoming class though?

If the number of scholarships a program can have doesn't change but more hardship waivers are granted, does that force programs to either take fewer recruits from the current class as the Seniors have been extended or tell a Senior who has been extended that his scholarship won't be honored.

There will be the same number of scholarships overall as there always have been, but guys who were mid-major recruits might be pushed down to low major (looking to transfer up after a year), and low-major recruits might prep or go JUCO or go D2 is what I would guess.

 

[Pablo]

Notwithstanding the pandemic, 997 D-I men's basketball players have entered the NCAA transfer portal so far in 2020 per Verbal Commits -http://www.verbalcommits.com/transfers/2020. This ties the number of players who entered the portal in 2019. It will be interesting to see how many players per year enter the transfer portal after the one-time transfer exemption is enacted.

 

[Pablo]

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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51m

Source: James Madison's Joel Mensah, Vado Morse, and Jalen Hodge were all granted waivers from the NCAA and will be immediately eligible for the 20-21 season.

All three were transfers.



Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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2h

The NCAA is handing out waivers for immediate eligibility like they're seedless watermelon at the 4th of July Party.

Why the gray area?

Why not take a stand and add clarity for everyone involved?

WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP?

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
· 2h
UNC Wilmington's Ian Steere has received a waiver from the NCAA and is eligible immediately for the 20-21 season, per release.

Transfer from St. John's.

 

[Pablo]

Jeff Goodman
@GoodmanHoops
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2h

This is an unofficial Transfer Waiver count thus far:

- 121 have received waivers
- 115 are pending
- 6 have been denied

 

[gmujim92]

Jeff Goodman
@GoodmanHoops
·
2h

This is an unofficial Transfer Waiver count thus far:

- 121 have received waivers
- 115 are pending
- 6 have been denied

If I’m one of those 6, I’m filing an appeal ASAP

 

[tblack33]

If I’m one of those 6, I’m filing an appeal ASAP

For real, what do you have to do to get denied in this climate? Honestly that is shocking.

 

[gmujim92]

For real, what do you have to do to get denied in this climate? Honestly that is shocking.

All 6 probably banged their coaches’ wives.

 

[sleeperpick]

For real, what do you have to do to get denied in this climate? Honestly that is shocking.

Transferring within the same conference is one giant stop gap

 

[JPgmuswim]

Transferring within the same conference is one giant stop gap

This was my guess, for the 6 denied.

 

[sleeperpick]

This was my guess, for the 6 denied.

Kentucky is actually having issues with their Vanderbilt transfer Sarr.

 

[gmujim92]

Kentucky is actually having issues with their Vanderbilt transfer Sarr.

I thought he was from Wake Forest?

 

[gmujim92]

This was my guess, for the 6 denied.

Better guess than mine, although far less snarky and X-rated

 

[sleeperpick]

I thought he was from Wake Forest?

You are correct

 

[Pablo]

https://watchstadium.com/college-basketball-transfer-waiver-tracker-for-2020-21-10-02-2020/:

A-10:

Approved Waivers

James Bishop
6-2, 190, G, Fr., LSU – GEORGE WASHINGTON

Noah Fernandes
5-11, 175, G, Fr., Wichita State – UMASS

Jalen Carey
6-3, 185, G, Soph., Syracuse – URI

Malik Martin
6-6, 210, G, Soph., Charlotte – URI

Makhel Mitchell
6-10, 235, F, Fr., Maryland – URI

Makhi Mitchell
6-10, 235, F, Fr., Maryland – URI

Levi Stockard III
6-8, 240, F, Jr., Kansas State – vcu


Pending

Dahmir Bishop
6-5, 180, G, Fr., Xavier – SAINT JOSEPH’S

Anthony Roberts
6-4, 190, G, Soph., Kent State – ST. BONAVENTURE


Denied

None