Questions About Transfers...

[Hangman]

I'm sure it's been addressed on here before, but I don't really feel the urge to look for it.

 

Is there any penalty for a player transferring from a D2 school to a D1 school? Does he have to sit a year or anything?

 

What about NAIA?

[fieldhousekrayzie21]

I'm sure it's been addressed on here before, but I don't really feel the urge to look for it.

 

Is there any penalty for a player transferring from a D2 school to a D1 school? Does he have to sit a year or anything?

 

What about NAIA?

I am pretty sure that they do have to sit out. Mark Krebs (UK walk on) played at Thomas More in 05-06 and sat out this year without dressing. I cannot confirm this but I am pretty sure they have to sit out no matter what.

[HammerTime]

If your transfer up as in DII to DI you have to sit out. But I am pretty sure if you go from DI to DII you don't have to.

[Hangman]

If your transfer up as in DII to DI you have to sit out. But I am pretty sure if you go from DI to DII you don't have to.

 

What about NAIA?

[HammerTime]

What about NAIA?

I'm not sure. My guess would be it's the same.

[Lucky Charms]

I didn't think you had to sit out if you transferred from D-II to D-I (I though Todd Savado(sp?) played right away for UK).

[Hangman]

Nice to see I'm not the only one who doesn't know the answer.

[dolamite]

I know for NAIA you don't even have to go through the process of getting out of your LOI. A close friend of mine had already signed a LOI with one NAIA school, but never even enrolled for classes or apply to school that semester, then signed with another NAIA school. He still got to play with no penalty. I have no clue as to whether it was just a dismisaal between the two schools or not, but he said there was virtually no process.

 

This discussion came about when me and him were talking about the process Jordan would have to take to get out of his LOI. We were discussing the differences between DI, DII, and NAIA, when he brought up the facts he basically didn't have any process at all other than just not going to the school he had signed with, and then going somewhere else.

[Hangman]

I know for NAIA you don't even have to go through the process of getting out of your LOI. A close friend of mine had already signed a LOI with one NAIA school, but never even enrolled for classes or apply to school that semester, then signed with another NAIA school. He still got to play with no penalty. I have no clue as to whether it was just a dismisaal between the two schools or not, but he said there was virtually no process.

 

This discussion came about when me and him were talking about the process Jordan would have to take to get out of his LOI. We were discussing the differences between DI, DII, and NAIA, when he brought up the facts he basically didn't have any process at all other than just not going to the school he had signed with, and then going somewhere else.

 

Would I know this friend?

[dolamite]

Would I know this friend?

 

Possibly.

[cshs81]

I didn't think you had to sit out if you transferred from D-II to D-I (I though Todd Savado(sp?) played right away for UK).

 

You are correct and Svaboda is the exact example I was goign to cite.

 

Krebs sat out by his and Tubby's choice.

[Covercorner]

You are correct and Svaboda is the exact example I was goign to cite.

 

Krebs sat out by his and Tubby's choice.

 

Not quite.

 

With Svaboda, he enrolled as a grad student at UK and was able to be eligible immediatly. Same situation happened with a guy who played for Urban Myer at Utah as a junior eligibility wise. He graduated from Utah and was able to enroll as a grad student at Florida and play immediatley. A loophole that I think the NCAA is going to close. This is the only way that one could transfer at the D-I level from school to school, or transfer up without penalty. Now there might be some extreme circumstance case, like with what happned at Baylor a few years ago, but for the most part it's set in stone. You also, at the D-I level, have a 5 year clock that starts your first day of practice, that you have four years to play. That's where the redshirt year comes in, and a sixth year- like what UK Football player Tommy Cook got, is another extreme circumstance.

[Hangman]

What about if a player transfers from a school where he is on a basketball scholarship, but doesn't play basketball at his new school.. And instead plays football... Does he have to sit a year?

[Covercorner]

What about if a player transfers from a school where he is on a basketball scholarship, but doesn't play basketball at his new school.. And instead plays football... Does he have to sit a year?

Transfer rules have nothing to do with scholarships. All walk-ons are subject to any transfer rule. Changing sports also matters not.

[cshs81]

Not quite.

 

With Svaboda, he enrolled as a grad student at UK and was able to be eligible immediatly. Same situation happened with a guy who played for Urban Myer at Utah as a junior eligibility wise. He graduated from Utah and was able to enroll as a grad student at Florida and play immediatley. A loophole that I think the NCAA is going to close. This is the only way that one could transfer at the D-I level from school to school, or transfer up without penalty. Now there might be some extreme circumstance case, like with what happned at Baylor a few years ago, but for the most part it's set in stone. You also, at the D-I level, have a 5 year clock that starts your first day of practice, that you have four years to play. That's where the redshirt year comes in, and a sixth year- like what UK Football player Tommy Cook got, is another extreme circumstance.

 

1. He was not a grad student. He played 3 years at NKU and after his junior year (and 3rd year of college), he transferred to UK to finish his engineering program.

 

2. The "loophole" you cite was a one-year rule and will be changed so it was not even an option back then.

 

3. Again, the player who comes from a non-D1 program can play immediately at the D1 level.