College coaches will no longer be able to block players from transferring to specific schools due to a new NCAA rule.
The Division I Council this week adopted a proposal to create a "notification-of-transfer" model, the NCAA announced Wednesday afternoon. Athletes can inform their school of their intent to transfer and the school is then required to enter their name in a national transfer database within two business days. As soon as the athlete's name is in the database, other coaches are then free to them.
The new rule goes into effect Oct. 15.
"The membership showed today that it supports this significant change in transfer rules," Justin Sell, chair of the Division I Transfer Working Group and South Dakota State athletic director said in a NCAA press release.