1. Par Avion Air Mail A I R M A I L Advanced Four-Year Transfers Kelly Brummett Andy Cardamone Ryan Hall Andy Louthain YOUR NAME 1c

2. Session Overview  Graduate Transfers.  Graduate Transfer Waiver Directive.  Other Transfer Issues.  Progress-toward-degree Implications for 4-4 Transfers.  Undergraduate 4-4 Transfer Directive.  Questions.

3. Graduate Transfer - History  Legislation adopted in 1981 permitted post baccalaureate participation at the same institution.  1996 legislation allowed competition for graduate students that transfer and eligible to use the one-time exception.  Intentional choice of graduate school, one-time exception.

4. Graduate Transfer – History  NCAA Proposal No. 2005-54.  Adopted in April 2006.  Allowed student-athletes that complete their degrees ability to compete without NCAA transfer restrictions.

5. Graduate Transfer – History  Overridden in January 2007.

6. Graduate Transfer – History  Proposal No. 2010-52.  Adopted in April 2011.  Allowed limited subset of student-athletes the ability to transfer and compete immediately.

7. Graduate Transfers – Current State  Must be enrolled in a graduate or professional school.  Must be a regularly enrolled, degree-seeking student.  Not required to be in a specific degree program. Bylaws 14.1.1., 14.6.1 Staff Interpretation March 15, 2013

8. Graduate Transfers – Current State  What’s the difference between degree-seeking student and being in a specific degree program?  Generally, the former is an application or admissions classification.  The latter is a degree declaration.

9. Degree-Seeking but Without Specific Degree Program

10. Graduate Transfers – Current State  Conditionally admitted students.  Must be considered degree seeking.  Considered to be in good academic standing as interpreted for all students.

11. Graduate Transfers – One-time Transfer Exception  Must fulfill the conditions of the one-time transfer exception and have eligibility remaining.

12. Case Study  Jeremy Jamm, attended Eagleton College in his first semester, however they discontinued wrestling.  He subsequently transferred to Pawnee University and graduated.  Jamm would like to attend the dental school at Tammy College and complete his final season of competition.

13. Case Study  May Jamm use the one-time transfer exception and be immediately eligible at Tammy College if he previously used the discontinued- nonsponsored exception when he transferred to Pawnee?

14. Case Study  Yes. Bylaw 14.5.5.2.6(b)

15. Exception to the One-time Transfer Exception  Student-athletes in sports without the one-time exception may be eligible immediately if:  Student-athlete fulfills all other elements of one-time exception;  Has a minimum of one season remaining; and  Previous institution does not renew his or her athletically related financial aid.

16. Exception to the One-time Transfer Exception  Previous institution does not renew his or her athletically related financial aid.  Nonrenewal is not required to occur prior to indication of wish to transfer.

17. NCAA Committee on Legislative Relief (CLR) Graduate Transfer Directive

18. CLR Graduate Transfer Directive  No change.  Guidelines:  Documentation student-athlete (SA) has been accepted into a specific graduate degree program.  Documentation indicating the specific graduate degree program is not available at previous institution.

19. CLR Graduate Transfer Directive  Statement from SA detailing reasons for transfer.  Statement related to SA’s status on team at previous institution.  Statement from administration at previous institution with its position on waiver.

20. Other Transfer Issues

21. 2-4-4 Nonqualifier  Attends a two-year college.  Transferred to a four-year collegiate institution for one quarter.  Transfers to a Division I institution.  Is this a simple 4-4 one-time transfer?

22. 2-4-4 Nonqualifier  No, SA must have completed the appropriate two-year college transfer provisions prior to enrollment in the first four-year institution.

23. 2-4-4 Nonqualifier  May not circumvent two-year college transfer provisions by attendance for less than one academic year at a four-year institution.

24. Suspension/Dismissal  Attends four-year institution for two semesters.  Wants to transfer to your Division I institution.  You send out the tracer form and when it comes back it says:  Was dismissed from the team during the spring term for disciplinary reasons.

25. Suspension/Dismissal  What do you do?  Nothing, we don’t have any rules about disciplinary suspensions, do we?  Throw the tracer away and tell the coach he can’t come because he was dismissed for disciplinary reasons.  Follow-up with the institution to see if he was just dismissed from the team or suspended from the institution.

26. Good Academic Standing  Attends a four-year institution for four semesters.  Wants to transfer to your Division I institution.  You send a tracer form and get her current transcript.  The tracer hasn’t come back but the transcript has and it says:

27. Good Academic Standing Spring 2015 ATH 1013A12.00 BIO 2503D 3.00 ENG 3013F 0.00 ACT 2013D 3.00 12181.5 Academic Probation

28. Good Academic Standing  What do you do?  Nothing, she is not going to be on probation at your institution.  Tell the coach she isn’t going to meet the one-time exception and will have to serve a year in residence.  Find out what Academic Probation means at the previous institution.

29. Progress-Toward Degree Implications Four-Year Transfers

30. Ineligible at Previous Institution One-Time Transfer Exception  Year in residence, unless a waiver is granted.  Academic based analysis.  Progress-toward-degree waiver directive will be applied.

31. Ineligible at Previous Institution Financial Aid  May not receive institutional athletically related financial aid during the first year.  Exceptions can be met.  Waiver opportunity:  Progress-toward-degree waiver directive will be applied.  Academic based analysis.

32. Progress-Toward-Degree Requirements  Must be meeting all requirements to be immediately eligible.  If not meeting requirements:  Progress-toward-degree waiver.  Recertification after one term.

33. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive

34. Undergraduate Transfer History  January 2014: Transfer Issues Subcommittee recommended that immediate eligibility no longer be provided.  Rather, staff would grant a one-year extension of the five-year clock for mitigating circumstances.

35. Undergraduate Transfer History  Recommendation based on membership feedback regarding the number of waivers granted for SAs in high profile sports and perceived inconsistency in decisions.  Eighteen (18) of the 31 conferences responding supported the recommendation.

36. Undergraduate Transfer History  April 2014: NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved the recommendation.  Effective for those SAs who transfer and enroll during the 2015-16 academic year and thereafter.

37. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive  Only change: Relief available.  Instead of immediate eligibility, SA may receive one- year clock extension.  For any undergraduate SA who does not meet a transfer exception.

38. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive  When to file…. now or later?

39. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive  Now.  Contemporaneous documentation.  Assistance from the previous institution.  Knowledge of SA’s status.  Later.  Reduce administrative burden.  SA may not need or want waiver.

40. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive  Institution must still present mitigation for transfer.  Examples of mitigation include:  Injury/illness.  Financial hardship.  Run-off.  Education-Impacting Disability.

41. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive  Institution should seek a CLR waiver if:  SA has two or fewer denied participation opportunities, and  One of the denied participation opportunities is the result of a transfer.

42. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive  NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement (SAR) clock extension waiver still available for two or more denied participation opportunities that do not involve transfer.

43. Case Study No. 1  2013-14 academic year: SA enrolled at Institution No. 1. SA competed.  2014-15 academic year: SA competed at Institution No. 1.  Following the season, Institution No. 1 hired a new coach.

44. Case Study No. 1  SA was informed by the new coach that she will not have an opportunity to participate on the team moving forward.  2015-16 academic year: SA will enroll at applicant institution.

45. Case Study No. 1  Should applicant institution file a waiver?  SAR or CLR?  Should the waiver be filed now or later?

46. Case Study No. 1  SA does not need waiver at this time.  However, as the waiver will be evaluated under CLR run-off guidelines, staff will need statements from previous institution’s coaching staff.

47. Case Study No. 2  2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years: SA enrolled at and competed at Institution No. 1.  2013-14 academic year: SA transferred to Institution No. 2. SA sat her transfer year in residence.  2014-15 academic year: SA tore her ACL and did not compete.

48. Case Study No. 2  At the end of the year, SA informed the coaching staff at Institution No. 2 that she would transfer closer to home to be near her ailing mother and for her own peace of mind.  2015-16 academic year: SA will enroll at applicant institution.

49. Case Study No. 2  Should applicant institution file a waiver?  SAR or CLR?  Should the waiver be filed now or later?  What relief are you seeking?

50. CLR 4-4 Undergraduate Waiver Directive  CLR waiver because one of the denied participation opportunities is the result of a transfer.  Waiver will be evaluated under the injury or illness guidelines. Therefore, contemporaneous medical documentation will be necessary.

51. Which waiver to file… Scenario 1Scenario 2Scenario 3Scenario 4Scenario 5 First DPO Transfer*RedshirtTransfer* Injury Second DPO NoneTransfer*InjuryTransferInjury Waiver Type CLR SAR *Must have mitigation for the transfer.

52. Questions?