Ncaa Transfer And Letter-of-intent Rules

Buford_Julep · July 18, 2007

This is what I was able to find.

Dez Willingham-

NCAA Div I Manual (effective August 1 ,2006 -July 31 2007)

14.5.5.2.10 One-Time Transfer Exception. The student transfers to the certifying institution

from another four-year collegiate institution, and all of the following conditions are met (for gradu-

ate students, see also Bylaw 14.1.9.1): (Revised: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, for those student-ath-

letes who transfer to a Division I institution for the 2005-06 academic year and thereafter)

[a] The student is a participant in a sport other than basketball, Division I-A football or men’s ice

hockey at the institution to which the student is transferring. A participant in Division I-AA foot-

ball at the institution to which the student is transferring may use this exception only if the par-

ticipant transferred to the certifying institution from an institution that sponsors Division I-A

football and has two or more seasons of competition remaining in football or the participant trans-

fers from a Division I-AA institution that offers athletically related financial aid in football to a

Division I-AA institution that does not offer athletically related financial aid in football; (Revised:

1/16/93 effective 8/1/93, 1/11/94, 1/10/95, 11/1/00, effective 8/1/01, 4/27/06 effective

10/15/06 applicable to student-athletes who transfer on or after 10/15/06)

The student has not transferred previously from one four-year institution unless, in the previ-

ous transfer, the student-athlete received an exception per Bylaw 14.5.5.2.6

(discontinued/nonsponsored sport exception); (Revised: 1/11/94, 1/11/97

As much as I would love to see Dez playing for the Mean Green, the former K-State-SMU pg fails to qualify under both [a] and .

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Joseph Fulce-

National Letter of Intent FAQ

If I sign with an NCAA Division I institution may I still sign with a Division II institution?

The true issue is not whether a school is a Division I or Division II institution but whether an institution is a member of the National Letter of Intent program. With more than 500 participating institutions, the NLI program is truly national in scope. All Division I institutions, with the exception of the Service Academies, half of the Patriot League and schools in the Ivy League, are members of the program, and most fully active Division II institutions participate in the program. No Division III institutions, NAIA schools, preparatory schools, junior colleges, or community colleges participate in the National Letter of Intent program.

You can find a complete list of member institutions under the Member Schools section.

Fulce can leave UNO for a junior college without penalty.

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Rod Fleming-

This is the difficult one to figure out. What we know is that Fleming transfered to Trinity Valley with coach Jones knownledge and approval. The general consensus is Fleming's school work did not satisfy the NCAA academic standards. The Athletic Department cannot confirm this because of student privacy issues.

My understanding of the rules is Fleming, after meeting NCAA academic standards, could return to the NT BB team as a second semester Soph (in elegibility) for the Spring 2008 semester.

He could play at any NAIA school that accepts him right now.

Could he play for a Div I NCAA school other than NT? I don't know. I could not find anything in the NCAA Manual about multiple transfers to Div I schools. It looks to me that he would have to sit out 2008-09 while enrolled at another Div I school and then could play one year as a Senior in 2009-10.

Maybe someone else can apply the rules to this example. Click here for Div I Manual and then click on "view/download".

Edited July 18, 2007 by Buford_Julep