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Post by HawkStag on Apr 18, 2014 9:25:33 GMT -5
This might cut back the "waiver wire" a bit.
www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24531407/ncaa-seeking-to-eliminate-immediate-eligibility-for-hardship-waivers
Post by stags10 on Apr 18, 2014 9:52:26 GMT -5
What's Iona gonna do now?
Post by sobro on Apr 18, 2014 9:54:56 GMT -5
IMO, all players should be allowed to transfer and sit out one semester, no hardships. If one looks to transfer again, it should be 3 semesters and no applying for the eligibility lost. All transfers within a conference should be a four semester sit down.
Post by HawkStag on Apr 18, 2014 10:01:48 GMT -5
Post by stag76 on Apr 18, 2014 10:43:12 GMT -5
From the article Hawkstag linked to: ... And the rule change is not official yet. The amendment to current transfer rules has to do with hardship waivers and an ensuing sixth year of eligibility. The NCAA announced on Friday that hardship waivers -- something players now apply for with regularity upon transferring from one place to another; it's cynically considered more and more of a loophole -- should instead be swapped for one more year of eligibility.
For example, this would mean that a player leaving one school for another in the name of being closer to home for family/health reasons would simply have an extra year to play college basketball. But the player would sit a redshirt year first. This proposal would be for all sports where applicable at the D-I level.
“We hope this change will encourage student-athletes who must transfer based on hardships to focus on the circumstances prompting the transfer during their first year and adjust to their new school, while giving them a season back to complete their eligibility,” Council chairperson Amy Huchtenhaus said in the NCAA's statement...
This would be a change I'm in favor of.
Post by vastagman on Apr 18, 2014 19:54:13 GMT -5
Look at the number of players who are transferring. Tremendous number.
www.recruitrecon.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7723&Itemid=1
www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/sports/article/College-hoops-free-agency-Transfer-numbers-are-up-5413266.php
Last Edit: Apr 20, 2014 6:50:15 GMT -5 by vastagman
