NCAA Suspends Certain Transfer Rules In Light Of Mounting Antitrust Pressure

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is suspending enforcement of certain rules against student athletes transferring between NCAA member schools as part of its proposed settlement of antitrust litigation brought by the Department of Justice and various state attorneys general in State of Ohio, et al. v. NCAA, No. 1:23-cv-00100 (N.D.W.V.). The NCAA will no longer require that a student-athlete sit out one full year if he or she seeks more than one transfer between NCAA member institutions. This hurdle to eligibility is just one of many NCAA restrictions on student-athlete movement and compensation that has been under attack under the federal antitrust laws in recent years.