Committee proposes penalties for attempts to circumvent football’s transfer process

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The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Wednesday recommended that the Division I Cabinet adopt emergency legislation to address schools adding transfer student-athletes to their football roster if the student-athletes did not provide notification of their wish to transfer during football's January window.

Committee members proposed significant penalties for schools that are found to have violated this rule.

If the measure is approved, once an enrolled student-athlete who was not active in the Transfer Portal at the time of transfer participates in any athletically related activity at the next school, the following actions would occur:

The head coach would be prohibited from all football (recruiting and on-field coaching) and administrative duties (team meetings) through the sixth contest of the season.

The school would be fined 20% of its football budget.

The school would be required to reduce the number of roster spots by five for the next season, regardless of the head coach's employment status at the school.

If approved at the Division I Cabinet meeting in April, the legislation would become effective immediately.

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