The NCAA is changing a rule that allows schools to block student-athletes from transferring to different programs.
Per NCAA.org's Michelle Brutlag Hosick, the Division I Council approved a new "notification-of-transfer" rule that requires schools to enter a student who wishes to transfer into the national transfer database. At that point, coaches from other schools are free to contact the student.
Under the old model, student-athletes had to receive permission from their current schools to contact a different university before they were allowed to receive a scholarship offer.
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