Matt Schick of ESPN reported last week that future college football and basketball players could be able to transfer once without sitting out a year while retaining the possibility to transfer again as a graduate student. NCAA rules currently stipulate that, typically, a player must sit out a year if they transfer to another school unless they're a graduate student.
Former Maryland star Len Elmore is part of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, which is made up of former and current university heads as well as former players and aims to "promote reforms that support and strengthen the educational mission of college sports," according to its website. Elmore discussed the potential changes to transfer rules on Glenn Clark Radio Jan. 18.
"If coaches are allowed to jump from team to team to team with no penalty, why shouldn't players, who sometimes make a mistake when they initially sign with a program, and maybe the school and the program are not the right ones for them?" Elmore said. "They should be given at least one opportunity to be able to make a change without being penalized. Now, I'm not in favor of guys being able to sit there and say, 'OK, within a three-year period, I can jump and play for three different schools.' Or, within their four years, 'I should be able to play for three or four schools.'
