COLUMBUS, Ohio — First-time transfers in college football and basketball could be immediately eligible without needing a waiver as early as the 2020-21 academic year, if the Division I council approves the proposal in April. According to a news release, the concept originated with the NCAA’s Transfer Waiver Working Group and would depend on certain criteria. The athletes must receive a transfer release from their previous school, they must depart in good academic standing and maintain academic progress at their new school, and they may not leave under disciplinary suspension. The new waiver requirements are the same that currently exist for most sports. They would now also apply to football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and men’s ice hockey. Non-graduates in those five sports previously had to apply for a waiver based on health or safety reasons in order to be immediately eligible. Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields successfully sought…
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