Newsstand: NCAA proposes eliminating spring transfer portal period for football
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The NCAA announced Tuesday that the DI Football Committees have recommended that the notification of transfer window in the sport be modified to one 30-day window in December / January. Under the proposal, the window would open the Monday after FBS conference championship games and would close in early January. Michigan players, for example, wouldn’t be able to transfer in the spring.
The Division I Council will meet in October to determine whether it will adopt the proposal, which reduces the total number of days when student-athletes can transfer from 45 to 30.
If approved, the change would take effect for the 2024-25 school year. The December transfer window will open on the Monday after conference title games and extend from Dec. 9 through Jan. 7. The NCAA cited a focus on promoting “roster stability for student-athletes and their programs” in its release regarding the proposal.
This year, more than 900 FBS scholarship players entered the portal in the month of April after the NCAA was forced to drop its one-time transfer restrictions. The 2023-24 portal cycle saw a record-breaking number of transactions yet again, with more than 2,700 FBS scholarship transfers.
Players whose teams are competing in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff or in the FCS playoffs would still get a five-day exemption to enter the portal after their season has concluded. Players have also been able to take advantage of a 30-day window to transfer in the event of a coaching change.
The football oversight committees also approved a blanket waiver for the 2024 season guaranteeing that players wishing to redshirt during the season are permitted to play in any postseason game — conference championships, bowl games, and College Football Playoff or FCS playoff games — without it counting toward their four-game limit.
Former Michigan EDGE Braiden McGregor made the New York Jets’ initial 53-man roster.
Former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh waived three former U-M players.
Michigan junior cornerback Will Johnson will be featured on CBS Sports this season.
Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore was interviewed by the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.
The Wolverines’ hockey program announced its captains for this season.
Quote Of The Day
“Probably just destroying games, not letting anything happen within that front or whatever we can do to stop all plays that they want to run. Or if it’s getting triple teamed, double teamed, it doesn’t matter — we’re still going to do our job at the end of the day.”
— Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham on what the next step in development is for he and fellow junior Kenneth Grant
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