ESPN: NCAA nixes 2-year commitment to grad transfers
Designed to tap the brakes "on the de facto free agency created by a rule originally intended to give athletes more freedom to pursue graduate degrees", the rule would have required schools accepting grad transfers in football and basketball to count such scholarships for two years, even if the student-athlete left after one.
The council did pass a new rule that will go into effect this fall semester that allows athletes who have enrolled in summer school and are on scholarship to transfer and be immediately eligible at a new school if their head coaches leave. Previously, athletes in that situation would have needed a waiver from the NCAA to avoid sitting out a season.
