New CFB transfer rule?

[LafayetteBear]

Saw the article (linked below) indicating that there is a new player transfer rule in CFB that does not require a transferring player to get the permission of the school he is leaving in order to transfer. Was not aware that was ever required. Thought that a player could transfer without getting consent, so long as he was willing to sit out a year.

I also thought a player could transfer without getting consent and play immediately (i.e., the next season) at the new school if he is a grad transfer (i.e., has completed his undergraduate degree requirements at his old school), or he is willing to play without scholarship during his first year at his new school.

I am wondering why TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson is beefing about the new rule and what, precisely, is new about this new transfer rule. .Perhaps someone here has a handle on that?

https://my.xfinity.com/video/tcu-s-...upid/1278543939531/Comcast/Sports_Illustrated

 

[sluggo72]

Saw the article (linked below) indicating that there is a new player transfer rule in CFB that does not require a transferring player to get the permission of the school he is leaving in order to transfer. Was not aware that was ever required. Thought that a player could transfer without getting consent, so long as he was willing to sit out a year.

I also thought a player could transfer without getting consent and play immediately (i.e., the next season) at the new school if he is a grad transfer (i.e., has completed his undergraduate degree requirements at his old school), or he is willing to play without scholarship during his first year at his new school.

I am wondering why TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson is beefing about the new rule and what, precisely, is new about this new transfer rule. .Perhaps someone here has a handle on that?

https://my.xfinity.com/video/tcu-s-...upid/1278543939531/Comcast/Sports_Illustrated

Has to do with scholarship aid. If your school didn't release u the new school can't give u athletic aid. That's what changed

 

[interrobang]

The only new rule is that coaches can't block transfers and players don't need to get a release to transfer.

Patterson is just crying.

 

[tboyer]

It is a huge change at least potentially. It turns players into free agents every year. They can jump to another program and play immediately. It could help schools like PSU I think as players from lesser programs might jump to major programs with more visibility if they want to position themselves for the NFL.

 

[interrobang]

It is a huge change at least potentially. It turns players into free agents every year. They can jump to another program and play immediately. It could help schools like PSU I think as players from lesser programs might jump to major programs with more visibility if they want to position themselves for the NFL.

No they can't. There was no change to the actual transfer rule. Only a change to what one has to do to be able to transfer.