Sports Illustrated reports a penalty-free, one-time immediate transfer rule for college student-athletes is expected to pass in January and go into effect starting August 1st of next year.
The NCAA Working Group on Transfers has submitted a proposal to the Division I Council that will allow student-athletes a one-time transfer without sitting out a season, with fall and winter sport athletes needing to notify their schools of a transfer by May 1. This deadline will be extended to July 1 if a school sees an end-of-year coaching change or an athlete’s scholarship was not renewed for the following season.
Spring sport athletes will also have a July 1 deadline.