Here is the link for the new NCAA proposal
by RISteve (2019-06-26 12:38:56)
Edited on 2019-06-26 12:40:10

In reply to: New NCAA waiver policy  posted by BB Junky

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Per Raoul:

Link, below



Thanks-I couldn't find it on ESPN. This is a good thing. *
by Domerduck  (2019-06-26 15:03:14)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Finally found the ESPN article by Rittenberg-more details.
by Domerduck  (2019-06-26 17:56:47)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

This includes an interview with Attorney Tom Mars who has helped players get waivers. He agrees it's more restrictive despite the NCAA's assertion the changes are "minor" but has a different opinion: "The long-term solution to this problem is blindingly obvious," said Mars, "The legislative council should scrap the incomprehensible waiver guidelines and replace them with a rule allowing every student-athlete to transfer one time without penalty". Obviously he's not on the school and coaches who make the investment in the player who wants to transfer. I think making it harder to xfr makes sense and sitting out one year does that. Waivers need to be justified.
There was a possible solution last year that was killed.
by No Right Turn on Red  (2019-06-26 22:23:02)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The Committee on Academics had been reviewing transfers for quite some time and had come up with a concept that would allow a student-athlete to transfer and not sit a year only if he or she had a certain GPA, likely in the 3.2 range. This concept would have applied to all sports, so some basketball, football, and baseball players would have now been able to transfer and be immediately eligible, while some soccer, track, volleyball, etc. players would have to sit for the first time after transfer. This Committee had a ton of data to support their concept, which was gaining quite a bit of traction.

Then the Rice Commission on Men's College Basketball casually dropped that they thought the NCAA should continue to require transfers to sit a year. Completely unprompted and completely outside their lane of review, this toss-in cut the legs out from the Committee on Academics and killed that concept.

The real irony is that the Commission, by recommending no change to the transfer rule, along with the NCAA's waiver precedent, led to more transfers in basketball through continued abuse of the waiver process, than if the Committee's GPA concept was adopted.
And instead of fake "good" grades SEC schools would give ...
by NDoggie78  (2019-06-27 08:58:33)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

unwarranted "bad" grades so none of their players could ever transfer

When a school like UNC can give grades for an imaginary class, I don't trust any of these schools to not game the system

I think sitting out a year is the best policy with very very few waivers (and yes, I'm not sure I would have given Jess Shepard a waiver - but of course I don't know all the details)