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Syracuse sure could’ve used new NCAA redshirt rule last year

As you may have heard already the NCAA actually went and made some positive changes this week — maybe even three of them, in fact! It’s a banner day for overwrought bureaucracy.

The big things you’ll want to know:

  • Division I teams can’t limit where players are allowed to transfer (though conferences still can choose to). We covered this months back.
  • Football players can now participate in up to four games without burning a redshirt.
  • Pre-determined conference bowl ties based on recent number of bowl-eligible teams.

Again, we already discussed the first one, and really the third doesn’t affect us much since the ACC will get 11 slots from 2020-25.