Iowa State’s fingerprints are all over NCAA transfer reform proposal

“The NCAA bylaws governing student-athlete transfer are in need of reform,” its opening reads. “The present system favors the original institution over student-athletes in a number of ways. The original institution has control over the schools with which student-athletes may discuss athletically-related financial aid and those at which they might be eligible for competition immediately. Head coaches move from institution to institution freely, while student-athletes cannot, even when sanctions unrelated to the student-athletes’ conduct prevent them from competing for a championship. The present system treats student-athletes differently depending on their sport.”

The big one here: After a coaching change – for any reason – a player can transfer and immediately participate at another school the next year without losing a year of eligibility.

It is still very early in this process but if ever adopted, this would completely change college sports as we know them.