On Wednesday evening, Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey announced in a statement that all transfer waiver requests that were submitted, challenging the longstanding rule against intraconference movement, had been approved due to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In consideration of current circumstances resulting from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including eligibility relief provided to student-athletes in August by the NCAA, and in anticipation of changes to NCAA transfer legislation, the Southeastern Conference today approved a number of transfer waiver requests that originated from member institutions seeking exceptions to the long-standing Conference bylaw that requires intraconference transfers serve a year in residence before being eligible to compete.