Better Late than Never ! NCAA Council approves blanket waiver for transfers in all sports

[Jeff from Jax]

DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately
Transfers must have been from another Division I, four-year school and enrolled in fall 2020
December 16, 2020 6:31pmMichelle Brutlag Hosick

The Division I Council granted a blanket waiver allowing all transfer student-athletes to compete immediately this season if specific criteria are met.
In order to be eligible for the waiver, the transfer student-athletes must meet the following conditions:
n order to be eligible for the waiver, the transfer student-athletes must meet the following conditions:

• They must be enrolled full time at the school for the fall 2020 term.
• It must be the first transfer from a four-year school.
• The student-athlete must have left their previous school in good standing academically and not facing disciplinary suspension.
• Both the head coach and the student-athlete must certify that impermissible recruiting did not take place.

The waiver applies only to students who transferred from another Division I school, not transfers from other NCAA divisions or schools outside the NCAA. The regular transfer waiver process is available to non-Division I transfer student-athletes.


https://www.ncaa.org/about/resource...transfer-student-athletes-compete-immediately

 

[LizardGrad89]

Question about point #4: Which head coach? I suppose it's the new coach at the transfer school, but it doesn't specify.

And if it is the new coach in this transfer rule, do recruits have to certify when they sign their original NLI that no impermissible recruiting took place as well?