Student-athletes in some specific situations can now transfer and compete immediately without a waiver, the NCAA Division I Council announced on Friday.
The Council met Thursday and Friday in Indianapolis.
Incoming freshman college athletes who have enrolled in summer school and received athletics financial aid can transfer and play immediately without a waiver if their head coach departs before the first day of classes for the fall term. Additionally, walk-on student-athletes on teams that provide athletics aid and nonrecruited walk-ons can transfer and play immediately without a waiver. Those rules are effective for students who transfer to new schools this fall.