Multi-time transfers can play immediately in fall 2024, NCAA memo says (NCAA)

A memo circulated to member schools late this week clarified that the NCAA will not prevent multi-time transfers from competing in the 2024 college football season.

The move comes after attorneys general from seven states challenged the NCAA's year-in-residence rule and the courts ruled in the states' favor. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey issued a temporary restraining order allowing all multi-time, undergraduate transfers to play immediately during a 14-day period. In an effort to bring order to the new Transfer Portal world, the NCAA had been denying the "overwhelming majority" of appeals for immediate eligibility from multi-time transfers.

In the memo, the NCAA said it would not enforce Bylaw 14.5.5.1, which required a year-in-residence for all mutli-time undergrad transfers. 

Sensing the changing winds, the NCAA is considering raising the eligibility requirements for transfers.

In short, if the courts won't allow the NCAA to stem the tide of undergraduate migration, it can make it harder for undergrad transfers to see the field and increase the accountability for schools who take on transfers.

As Yahoo reported Friday:

College leaders are seriously considering several significant changes to the NCAA transfer policy, including abolishing the year-in-residency penalty, increasing transfer academic eligibility requirements and levying financial penalties on schools that don’t meet academic benchmarks.

The changes, aimed at making sure transfers are making academic progress with a clear path toward graduation, would be introduced at the NCAA convention next month in Phoenix and could go into effect in April.

As always, stay tuned to The Scoop for the latest. 

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