Transfer portal and immediate eligibility

Simply put, it's still a fairly new concept that they haven't detailed how to handle yet. Especially given the Covid situation and racial unrest, they're almost always going to lean to the side of the student-athlete.

Is a coach immediately eligible after signing a contract then jumping ship for another program?

Btw, the transfer portal has limitations.

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One of the misconceptions about the portal revolves around a process that has nothing to do with the portal itself: the question of whether a transferring student-athlete will be immediately eligible to compete at a new school.

In Division I sports, student-athletes may transfer once to another four-year NCAA school and are eligible to compete immediately, provided they are academically eligible and the previous school does not object, without sitting out a year in residence.

However, this one-time transfer exception doesn’t apply to baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, football or men’s ice hockey. Student-athletes in these sports must file for a waiver to be able to compete without sitting out a season.

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NCAA.org

Because college football needs some stability.

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Sorry but that’s bullshite

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What is?

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Moved closer to family

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This qualifies you for immediate eligibility?

Not sure if you heard, but there's a global pandemic going on.

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Moved closer to family

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This qualifies you for immediate eligibility?

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I gave you a link, you can choose to read.

NCAA rules have been archaic and arbitrary. How the frick do you lock down a 17-18 year old signing LOI and not give him the same opportunity afforded to the coaches he signed to play for that are making anywhere from $40k to $10 mil per year and can leave, coach anywhere, not sit out a mandatory year.

Earlier it was JUCO or be a Graduate transfer. They picked rules out of a hat. So this is what you know.

Don't put blame where it doesn't belong, regardless if you think you know the reasoning or motivation.

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CDawson

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The hoax continues.

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Any thoughts on transfer portal?

Or are you just going to troll anywhere you can without an ounce of contribution?

How the frick this account for you hasn't been banned is amazing to me.

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why shouldn't players be immediately eligible?

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Because it would be the wild wild west

This actually started before covid so those excuses are out in any discussion regarding this unless they change the rule giving everyone a waiver which hasn't happened.
I personally see both sides of the discussion and am ok with however the NCAA chooses to deal with the situation. Problems are many but 2 stand out.
Waivers- there is no definitive blueprint to get one and that's a problem. Kids like Justin Fields, Tate Martell, the Bru McCoy situation last season of transferring(Texas)after signing(USC)then transferring back to the school he signed with originally(USC), and some others getting waivers essentially opened the gates of free agency. Then the NCAA sets back that progress by denying Luke Ford(the most egregious) or a kid like the Mays kid who went from UGA to Tennessee. They are a crapshoot and that's not ideal. Has to be a set standard for waivers.
The 2nd issue for schools is the tie in to graduation rates which can have an effect on scholarships if numbers go south. Unlimited free agency has to have some kind of clause that takes schools off the hook for those kids and their graduating status if they transfer out.