The NCAA’s National Letter of Intent in all sports other than football can be signed beginning Wednesday, November 14. Athletes being recruited by NJCAA two-year colleges can sign beginning November 1. When an athlete signs a National Letter of Intent with an NCAA Division I or II program, they are – in effect – signing a “contract” to […]
More changes to the NCAA Division I transfer rules were proposed just last week by the NCAA Division I Council at their meeting in Indianapolis. These additional changes are not scheduled for a vote until April so likely won’t take effect until Fall 2019. I will outline these key changes below, but for NCAA Division I […]
Official visits can now be offered by most NCAA Division I sports programs to high school juniors graduating in 2020. The only Division I sports that can’t yet offer official visits to 2020 high school graduates include: Men’s basketball (not until January 1 of the recruit’s junior year), Women’s basketball (not until the Thursday after the […]
The NCAA transfer rules at this time require that student-athletes must request and obtain “permission to contact” from their current college before coaches at other NCAA colleges can speak with them about a possible transfer. If you are thinking about requesting this “permission to contact” in the middle of your Fall sport season, we strongly encourage […]
Tyler Johnson (no, not the TB Lightning forward) should be getting ready for his second season of NCAA Division I hockey at the University of Maine. But for 10 minutes and 26 seconds when he was 16 years old. Instead, the 6-foot-3 goaltender is toiling as an Ontario Hockey League backup, the result of running […]
We recently consulted with a student-athlete who was planning to transfer to an NCAA Division II college and learned that she won’t be eligible this Fall even though she earned her Associates Degree at her junior college in May. This student-athlete had not been informed that there are multiple NCAA academic requirements that must be satisfied to […]
Most colleges are getting ready to start classes for the Fall semester. A question that we often receive this time of year is whether a student-athlete can withdraw from classes without a “penalty.” They might wish to do this because of second thoughts about their college choice, or due to injury or illness. If your […]
While the NCAA, NAIA, and Junior Colleges offer Medical Hardship Waivers for student-athletes who are injured or become ill, the rules and criteria for each organization varies. However, the most important factor in a Medical Hardship Waiver request is the medical documentation to substantiate the injury. The best case scenario for a student-athlete to be […]
If you’re the parent of a high school athlete who is focused on being recruited and admitted to their dream school, it may seem a bit odd to already be thinking ahead about the possibility of a transfer to another school at some point in the future. However, thinking ahead to the possibility of a transfer […]
As college athletes are heading back to campus, here is an important reminder to Fall Sport student-athletes: Participating in organized practices before classes start, even if you leave and withdraw from the school before classes start, will make you a transfer athlete under the NCAA rules and you will be subject to transfer requirements. If […]
