Not sure how I feel about this. I don't know the actual rules so I suppose this corrected Tweet is accurate. I am not sure how the Junior College route is being used and Compliance folks set him straight. It seems players using the JuCo route are circumventing something, or at least, trying to. The moral outrage he is using is funny to me. People wanted this opened up to provide opportunity for the few but now that it is being embraced and used by BOTH sides it suddenly unfair if I am reading this right. In the past JuCo was used by players who needed to become eligible and catch up. Maybe I didn't see that it was used as a portal to move. Perhaps it was and that is why the rule was put in place. I don't know. As an aside, are schools starting next year to have to guarantee multi year scholarships as he states below? Lot of questions and thoughts how Ohio recruiting transfers addresses it from a monetary and philosophical point.



JUCOadvocate - Brandon Goble
@JUCOadvocate
Well, I screwed up. I put out a tweet last night that was incorrect.

Compliance people that exploded my DMs, you were correct.

So here are the rules. EVERYONE IN JUCO NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THIS and you’re not going to like it.

JUCO transfers are screwed.

So as it stands today, if you went to a 4 year, transferred to a JUCO, went to another 4 year, you DO NOT get the one time transfer exception.

It doesn’t matter if your scholarship isn’t renewed, it doesn’t matter if there was a coaching change….you CANNOT transfer to another 4 year NCAA institution and be immediately eligible.

There are no waivers available to you outside of some limited health and well being or hardship waivers.

So if your coach cuts you, you’re done unless someone is willing to redshirt you somewhere or you’ve graduated. (Grad transfer waiver still exists….for now).

In addition to this travesty, starting next year, 4 year D1s receiving a transfer must guarantee multi year scholarships for that student. So if a coach runs them off, the school can still be on the hook for the degree if the athlete just decides to be a normal student…..HOWEVER…..this is not offered to JUCO transfers. So if you’re a 4-2-4, you are not afforded this multi year scholarship automatically. It can be offered (and you should be asking for it) but they don’t HAVE to.

A committee of ADs and D1 coaches made these rules. They should be ashamed of themselves.

We have now put the future of a kid and whether they can continue their education in the hands of a BASKETBALL COACH.

This is an absolute abomination of the mission of college athletics.

Obviously every situation can have some nuance and caveats to it and you absolutely need to confirm your own situation with the compliance office, but if you think there is an easy way to be a 4-2-4-4 transfer, there absolutely is not and more than likely it’s impossible without graduating. (The grad transfer waiver still exists)

JUCO kids and coaches, you now need to start thinking 2 years ahead on these decisions because coaches can leave or cut you without any consequences.