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New NCAA Eligibility & Portal Rules

According to my good friend, Rick Allen at Informed Athlete, here are three rule changes for our college football players...

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1) NCAA DIVISION I "5 to play 4" Rule

The NCAA Division I Cabinet clarified at their October meeting that D1 athletes will continue to be allowed no more than four seasons of competition within a five-year period through at least the 2026-27 academic year.

2) NCAA Division II Eligibility Proposal

NCAA Division II members will be voting at the annual NCAA Convention in January on permitting D2 athletes to have five seasons of competition during an athlete’s first 10 semesters or 15 quarters of full-time enrollment. Currently enrolled Division II athletes MAY be able to have a 5th season of eligibility if they did not use their 4th season of competition by the end of the 2024-25 academic year.

3) NCAA DI Football Transfer Portal Changes

Division I football athletes need to be aware of changes to the Transfer Portal dates that were approved by the NCAA recently. The December and April Transfer Portal windows for D1 football athletes have been eliminated. They will be replaced by one 15-day Portal window from January 2-16.

*Also, the Administrative Committee approved a change to the “head coach departure exception” that will only apply for D1 football athletes — the new rule will provide athletes with a 15-day window to enter the Transfer Portal which will begin 5 days AFTER the hiring of a new head coach.

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