NCAA transfer portal

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The NCAA transfer portal is a compliance system created in October 2018 by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to manage and facilitate the process for student athletes seeking to transfer between member institutions. The transfer portal permits student athletes to place their name in an on-line database declaring their desire to transfer. Athletes enter the portal by informing their current school of their desire to transfer; the school then has two business days to enter the athletes' name in the database. Once an athlete's name is entered in the database, coaches and staff from other schools are permitted to make contact with the athlete to inquire about their interest in visiting the campus and accepting a scholarship.[1][2] The portal was intended to bring greater transparency to the transfer process and to enable student athletes to publicize their desire to transfer.[3]

New regulations were adopted in 2021 allowing student athletes to change schools using the portal once without sitting out a year after the transfer.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Want to Transfer?". Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Chip Scoggins (July 30, 2019). "NCAA's database for prospective transfers topples barriers for athletes". Minneapolis Star Tribune.
  3. ^ "What the NCAA Transfer Portal Is ... and What It Isn't". NCAA. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "NCAA ratifies new one-time transfer rule". The Dartmouth. April 30, 2021.
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