Proposed grad-transfer rule change rejected

Submitted by Watts Club Moz… on April 19th, 2019 at 1:27 PM

According to the Associated Press

https://collegebasketball.ap.org/article/ncaa-rejects-mandatory-2-year-commitment-grad-transfers

"A proposal to require a graduate transfer to count against a team's scholarship total for two years in football and basketball has been rejected by the NCAA.
   The Division I Council on Friday voted down a proposal that could have tapped the brakes on the de facto free agency created by a rule originally intended to give athletes more freedom to pursue graduate degrees."

FauxMo

April 19th, 2019 at 1:46 PM ^

Wow, good job NCAA?

That feels as weird to write as, “I’m tired of all this cash and all this consequence-free sex with a different beautiful woman every day!”

trueblueintexas

April 19th, 2019 at 1:49 PM ^

woo hoo. yay.

The NCAA voted against a dumb idea. 

How the hell does something like this even get proposed in the first place? Somewhere there is a coach and AD that seriously thought, "damn all those kids who can get degrees in 3 and 4 years. Don't they know they came here to play sports!!!"

Mr Miggle

April 19th, 2019 at 2:47 PM ^

No. Schools would have been punished for taking grad transfers that didn't finish a masters in one year. The proposal was completely negative for players. It only benefited smaller schools tired of losing transfers and recruiting behemoths that need them less than their rivals.