NCAA drops the spring transfer portal window for football

The NCAA eliminated the spring transfer portal for football. By doing this the NCAA officially moved to a single season transfer portal.

The Division 1 Administrative Committee voted to approve this legislative change to eliminate this spring window, but did not sign off on establishing Jan 2-11 as the sole transfer window for FBS and FCS players.

FBS head coaches advocated for a January portal window at the AFCA convention in January, and both oversight committees voted to support changing the transfer windows earlier this month. The reform will bring major changes to the timing and duration of the offseason transfer period in college football.

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The initial thought was that college football players would have to wait until Jan 2 to enter the transfer portal. That would be the day after the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals. Graduate players would also have to wait until January to enter their names into the portal.

The players would have 10 days to put their names into the portal, but would also have no set timeline to choose a school once they enter the portal.

For players still competing in the College Football Playoff they would have five days after their final post season game to enter the portal. The Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Chick-fil-A are scheduled for Jan 8 and Jan 9 this upcoming season.

In past years, the winter transfer window opened up in early December the day after bowl game selections were announced. This move by the NCAA is designed to take away some of the stress of the busy December calendar. The December calendar includes transfer recruiting, coaching changes, bowl practices, high school signing day, bowl games and the College Football Playoff. A busy calendar for any college football for sure.

Spring Window Gone

Eliminating the spring window will certainly ease some of the frustration by college coaches. The spring window has been a frustrating one for coaches. Unexpected late spring departures are hard to replace, The elimination of the one-time transfer rule has given players the leverage to demand more money by threatening to transfer. However, this spring window also gave coaches to bring in other transfers after cutting underperforming players.

In April of this year, more than 1,100 FBS scholarship players in FBS entered the transfer portal.

Head coaching changes trigger a 30 day window for players. Those players can enter the portal and explore a possible transfer. For example, players at UCLA and Virginia Tech their coaches have already been let go. Those players can explore a transfer currently.

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