FBS coaches - unanimously - back a single, 10-day, transfer portal window

[BamaNation]

During their meeting at the 2025 American Football Coaches Association convention, coaches supported the move to a single portal window from Jan. 2 through Jan. 12, starting for the 2025-26 academic year. Such a move would eliminate the current portal windows in both December and April with the single, shorter window. The recommendation now moves to the NCAA oversight committee and ultimately the NCAA Division I council for final approval, which is far from guaranteed.

FBS coaches back single, shorter transfer window

Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) coaches voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a proposal that would reduce college football's transfer windows down to a single 10-day period in January.

www.espn.com

This would be step 1 in a multi-step common sense program. If the "NCAA oversight committee" and the "Division 1 council" don't approve this, the NCAA should be disbanded with immediate effect and/or those schools who actually care about college football (and other sports) should say sayanora.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Now make it a single unconditional transfer (no waiver required) and we can watch NIL fix itself.

 

[BamaFanatJSU]

Now make it a single unconditional transfer (no waiver required) and we can watch NIL fix itself.

THIS

 

[dWarriors88]

Now make it a single unconditional transfer (no waiver required) and we can watch NIL fix itself.

Quoted for truth/visibility

 

[BamaMoon]

Wow that would be a big step and it would also be a wild ride during those 10 days!!!

 

[denver]

at some point they have to rein in the transfer side...the rule about eligibility and the period for transferring etc...it cant be during the CFP period. Hopefully this is a sign of some logic being applied to the current CFB environment....but i remain skeptical until it comes to fruition

 

[teamplayer]

It doesn't matter if the NCAA passes it if the courts just shoot it down. The courts have continued to overstep their boundaries.

 

[JDCrimson]

The transfer windows for good or bad should align with the breaks between semesters. This would align with the windows when academic students transfer. So window 1 is the last 2 weeks and first 2 weeks of January. Window 2 would be a 2 week window in June.

Thats more than enough time to execute a transfer. Student-athletes should give a minimum of 30 day notice of intent to transfer before the semester ends and the school should honor all attendant benefits of the scholarship until the athlete transfers.

It doesn't matter if the NCAA passes it if the courts just shoot it down. The courts have continued to overstep their boundaries.

 

[B1GTide]

It doesn't matter if the NCAA passes it if the courts just shoot it down. The courts have continued to overstep their boundaries.

Actually, the courts have ruled appropriately. It is a mess, but that is because the NCAA ignored this for so long.

 

[teamplayer]

Actually, the courts have ruled appropriately. It is a mess, but that is because the NCAA ignored this for so long.

Opinions vary.

 

[Power Eye]

Now make it a single unconditional transfer (no waiver required) and we can watch NIL fix itself.

Are you saying NIL deals would dramatically be reduced in value because the players would lose leverage as a result of a one time transfer option? Just trying to connect the dots.

 

[BamaMoon]

It seems having it at year end/beginning isn't a good time for bowl/playoff bound teams, but it also seems the most practical because guys know where they stand with the team/coaches at that time as well as any other time having just completed the season.

If we are talking, when is the next best time? What about after the end of the spring semester, after teams have had spring ball? Without the distractions of finals, bowl games, and determining if transferring to another school is right for them, after the spring semester may be the best time, IMO.

 

[CB4]

I think the courts basically have stated transfer can’t be limited, primarily because it limited opportunity for the student/athlete academically, athletically, and economically via NIL. Am I wrong on my understanding of this?

(Not an attorney and haven’t stayed in a Holiday Inn Express recently).

“Prosecutors said the rule forced college athletes to either stay in schools they wanted to leave or to transfer and miss out on athletic opportunities. The complaint also alleged the rule “was anticompetitive because it deterred college athletes from challenging anticompetitive rules in court,” a news release from the Justice Department said.

If approved by a judge, the deal would bar the NCAA from enforcing the transfer rule or adopting any similar rules between Division I colleges and universities in the future, the release said.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/sport/ncaa-drop-transfer-rule-division-i-athletes-justice-department/index.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFree%20from%20anticompetitive%20rules%20that,Kanter%20said%20in%20the%20release

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