NCAA board approves transfer portal windows, 'modernizes' infractions process

[Jason Svoboda]

You knew coaches were going to get a say.

The transfer windows, which will go into effect in time for the 2022-23 season, will allow 60 days per year for athletes to enter the portal and maintain immediate eligibility for first-time transfers. For fall sports like football, the period will be split into two periods. The first, a 45-day period, will start the day after championship selections are made. A second window will be instituted from May 1-15 so players can enter the transfer portal after spring camp.

Spring sports, like basketball, would effectively have a reverse calendar; the first window lasting from Dec. 1-15 and the second being a 45-day window that starts the day after championship selections. For winter sports, the 60-day transfer window would be a continuous period that begins the day after championship selection.

If I'm reading this right, March Madness will also be transfer madness. Should make things awkward for a lot of schools and players.

NCAA board approves transfer portal windows, 'modernizes' infractions process

The board did not, however, approve the unlimited transfer concept

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[IndyTreeFan]

Won't you then have players in the new "transfer portal" playing for their current teams in the tournament? And if so, why, as a coach, would you play that person? Good Lord, NCAA regulations just get curiouser and curiouser...

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Won't you then have players in the new "transfer portal" playing for their current teams in the tournament? And if so, why, as a coach, would you play that person? Good Lord, NCAA regulations just get curiouser and curiouser...

What the coaches wanted. They want to be able to focus on having their rosters settled before they go into Summer recruiting. My guess is there some power dynamic in there too where they don't think any of their better players will transfer, so it really is just another shot at teams that don't make the tournament.

 

[IndyTreeFan]

These guys have never figured out that whatever they do will generally blow up in their faces. Today's athletes are focused on one thing - themselves. Loyalty is a dying concept. Coaches will find that out in short order, and they'll change the rules again. Honestly, it's kind of funny to watch...

 

[BankShot]

It's that "inner circle" of supporters which feeds the athletic psyche, but lacks the balance between realism and the "dream world." The growth of AAU ball has further clouded the common sense of the athlete (for obvious reasons.) I personally feel that the NCAA has shot itself in the foot w/ this NIL BS and has lost it's purposeful "mission" of college athletics.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

It's that "inner circle" of supporters which feeds the athletic psyche, but lacks the balance between realism and the "dream world." The growth of AAU ball has further clouded the common sense of the athlete (for obvious reasons.) I personally feel that the NCAA has shot itself in the foot w/ this NIL BS and has lost it's purposeful "mission" of college athletics.

They didn't have a choice once the courts made the decision they made. They fucked up by not getting ahead of it and working with them for a mutually beneficial set of rules.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

These guys have never figured out that whatever they do will generally blow up in their faces. Today's athletes are focused on one thing - themselves. Loyalty is a dying concept. Coaches will find that out in short order, and they'll change the rules again. Honestly, it's kind of funny to watch...

I think they're stuck in reactionary mode because they didn't think about how NIL would be exploited. Honestly, I'm not sure you can put the horse back in the barn so I don't know what they can do besides try to shape things around that.