NCAA eyes big penalties for violations of football transfer window - ESPN

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA football oversight committee is recommending emergency legislation to protect the transfer portal window by issuing penalties for schools and coaches who circumvent the rules.

The committee on Wednesday proposed the legislation to penalize schools who add players who did not make public their interest in transferring during the January transfer portal window.

The proposed legislation would become effective immediately if approved at the Division I cabinet meeting in April.

Among the proposed penalties, the head coach who accepts a transfer who did not properly enter the January portal would be prohibited from all recruiting, on-field coaching and team meetings for six games.

The school accepting the transfer would be fined 20% of its football budget. Also, the school would lose five roster spots for the following season, even if it no longer employs the coach who accepted the transfer.

Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said it is important to enforce the transfer portal window rule.

«Attempts to circumvent the transfer window process is an issue for the sport,» Brooks said in a statement released by the NCAA. «We want to let everyone know that this is not going to be allowed, and the committee wants to protect the transfer window that has been established.»

Buffalo athletic director Mark Alnutt, the chair of the oversight committee, said «significant penalties» are needed to enforce the transfer rule.

«We felt this was appropriate to place an emphasis on this rule with where we are in Division I football,» Alnutt said. «We have a window for student-athletes to notify their school when they would like to enter the transfer portal. If there is movement without going through the process as it is