The NCAA Division I Council made a few changes to the transfer and redshirt rules last week. These serve a significant goal to improve the college experience of student-athletes.
The new transfer rule creates what the NCAA calls a “notification-of-transfer” model. The rule basically states that once a student informs their current school they want to transfer, that school has two business days to enter that student’s name into a national transfer database. Once the student’s name is in the database, coaches from other schools are free to contract that athlete.
The new redshirt rule will allow players to participate in up to four games during their redshirt season.