Sources: NCAA proposing elimination of spring football transfer portal window

The NCAA is proposing an elimination of the spring football transfer portal window. (C. Morgan Engel/Getty Images)

A proposal to eliminate the spring transfer portal window in football is advancing through the NCAA legislative process.

The NCAA Football Oversight Committee, a group of school administrators controlling football-related policy, recommended the proposal this week to the Division I Council, sources tell Yahoo Sports. If the council adopts the legislation, it would take effect this cycle, eliminating the 15-day portal window in April. The DI Council meets via video conference next month and in-person in October. It is unusual, but not unprecedented, for the council to reject a recommendation from the oversight committee.

The four power conferences, as well as the American Football Coaches Association, are supportive of the move, several sources with knowledge of the situation told Yahoo Sports. In February, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey openly expressed support for a single football portal window.

The change would be significant. Under the proposal, football players could only enter the portal during a 30-day window that begins after the completion of conference championship games, which, this year, is Dec. 9-Jan. 7. Under the current transfer policy, players can also enter the portal from April 16-30.

The proposal would eliminate the April window. If players enter the portal outside of the established windows, they are not eligible to play immediately at their next school barring the granting of an NCAA waiver. The change would come on the heels of another alteration in the portal windows, limiting the window from 45 to 30 days.

The reduction in days and the possible elimination of the spring window are attempts to stabilize rosters at a time of high player movement. The management of rosters has grown…

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Publish date : 2024-08-23 18:12:54

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