Another lawsuit ticked off their list
The NCAA has settled another lawsuit, this one telegraphed back in December when they temporarily lifted transfer penalties.
Announced Thursday, the NCAA and Department of Justice reached a settlement permanantly allowing unlimited transfers for student athletes. Also, attempting to offer some payback, any student who had to redshirt because of transferring since the 2019-2020 season, will have that season restored.
The NCAA lawyers have been busy, this settlement follows on the heels of having recently submitted a settlement proposal for three other lawsuits (detailed in this BTP article) with a $2.8 billion settlement (check your mailboxes for your share) that will pay student athletes for the use of their name-image-likeness (NIL) prior to the 2021 ruling allowing NIL payments. Included will be revenue sharing, expected to be implemented in 2025. This one has yet to be approved by the judge, but is expected to be accepted.
The next change, likely to be approved by the D1 council and announced soon, will be the adjustment to the basketball transfer window. Currently players can officially declare for the transfer portal starting the Monday after championship weekend (the day after Selection Sunday), and they have 45 days to notify their school of their intent. The proposed change would move the start date a week later and shorten the notification window to 30 days.