In light of impending changes to the transfer policy, the NCAA will explore adjustments to the Academic Progress Rate and expects conferences to align their own transfer policies with the governing body’s new legislation.
Earlier this week, the Division I Council agreed to move forward with legislation that will grant athletes the freedom to transfer and play immediately at least once in their college careers, eschewing the penalty requiring athletes of five sports (football and basketball included) to sit out a year.
Grace Calhoun, the Penn athletic director and chair of the Division I Council, believes a change to the APR is “reasonable,” and she expects the Division I Committee on Academics to examine the APR’s penalty structure.