The NCAA is a step closer to getting its transfer regulations right

It’s been a strange week, what with the NCAA making a stunning amount of sense. They have rightfully adjusted the redshirt rule to allow redshirting college football players to participate in as many as four games. They have also updated their rules for transfers in a way that is completely beneficial to athletes:

Beginning in October, Division I student-athletes will have the ability to transfer to a different school and receive a scholarship without asking their current school for permission.

The Division I Council adopted a proposal this week that creates a new “notification-of-transfer” model. This new system allows a student to inform his or her current school of a desire to transfer,…