The NCAA Board of Directors has recommended tabling the adoption of a one-time transfer rule for all sports, including football, for at least the academic year, calling the proposal “not appropriate at this time.”
A one-time waiver that grants immediate eligibility has been long considered by the NCAA for the five sports that have been under the year-in-residence rule requiring transferring athletes to sit a year — football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and hockey. This announcement comes as the NCAA Division I council could still vote May 20 in favor of the one-time transfer and allow athletes in the transfer portal to be immediately eligible for the 2020-2021 season.