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The NCAA is taking a major step it hopes will curb player movement following spring practice in college football.
On Wednesday, the association passed emergency legislation curbing the practice of "blind transfers" in all Division I sports. Blind transfers are players who unenroll from their current school to join a new one outside of the approved transfer portal windows.
This season, college football went from two portal windows — one in the winter and one in the spring — to just one January window. However, it's been widely speculated that we would see some high-profile blind transfers this offseason, as we saw last offseason when Miami added Xavier Lucas from Wisconsin.
Under the new legislation, potential penalties imposed on schools for accepting blind transfers could include the suspension of the head coach for 50% of the season and a fine of 20% of the specific sport's budget.
Unregulated player movement has certainly created some headaches in college sports in recent years, and while there previously seemed to be no mechanism to prevent it (Lucas played in all 16 games this year for the Hurricanes, after all), it seems that may no longer be the case with this new legislation.
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This article originally appeared on College Sports Wire: NCAA passes legislation to prevent transfers outside official window
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On Wednesday, the association passed emergency legislation curbing the practice of "blind transfers" in all Division I sports. Blind transfers are players who unenroll from their current school to join a new one outside of the approved transfer portal windows.
This season, college football went from two portal windows — one in the winter and one in the spring — to just one January window. However, it's been widely speculated that we would see some high-profile blind transfers this offseason, as we saw last offseason when Miami added Xavier Lucas from Wisconsin.
Under the new legislation, potential penalties imposed on schools for accepting blind transfers could include the suspension of the head coach for 50% of the season and a fine of 20% of the specific sport's budget.
Unregulated player movement has certainly created some headaches in college sports in recent years, and while there previously seemed to be no mechanism to prevent it (Lucas played in all 16 games this year for the Hurricanes, after all), it seems that may no longer be the case with this new legislation.
Contact/Follow @College_Wire on X and @College_Wires on Threads. Like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of college sports news, notes, and opinions.
This article originally appeared on College Sports Wire: NCAA passes legislation to prevent transfers outside official window
Continue reading...
