The NCAA Football Oversight Committee has recommended eliminating the spring transfer window, said Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reported Friday.
If approved, the change would take effect immediately, eliminating a window currently scheduled for April 16 to 30, 2025. The only window for the upcoming window would be December 9, 2024 to January 7, 2025.
The proposal would have to be approved by the NCAA Division I Council, a 40-member group. compromise primarily faculty representatives, athletic directors and commissioners. The Football Oversight Committee is a 17-member committee also made up primarily of ADs, but it understand AFCA Executive Director Craig Bohl, Illinois Head Coach Bret Bielema, and an active player.
If and when the Division I Council approves the proposal, 2025 would be the busiest year in terms of upheaval in college football since the NCAA went from 95 scholarships to 85 in 1992.
The NCAA is moving to a limit of 105 players (all of whom would be scholarship eligible) starting July 1, 2025. Most FBS teams are hovering around a 120-player limit, which will lead to tough conversations in December and even tougher position battles next spring, where players will either have to make the 105-man roster or sit out of college football altogether for the upcoming season, if the oversight committee’s recommendation is adopted.
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