The NCAA's new vice president for Division I governance told there are growing concerns among the division's 345 members over the surging number of students switching schools -- and that the debate could come to a close sometime in the next year.
Some of the ideas bandied about would have a dramatic impact on graduate transfer students. The proposals include giving schools the ability to restrict where former players can go and requiring the athletes to sit out one year before becoming eligible.
Undergraduates already are required to sit out one year, but the current rules allow players with bachelor's degrees to transfer to another school and become eligible immediately if they attend graduate school.