Question on Transfer Elgibility

[60Hog]

A player is on the team 2 years and plays sparingly.  Beginning the following year he is told by the coach he is no longer on the team.  Does the player have to sit out a year if he goes to another school?  Both schools are Div. 1.

[ricepig]

A player is on the team 2 years and plays sparingly.  Beginning the following year he is told by the coach he is no longer on the team.  Does the player have to sit out a year if he goes to another school?  Both schools are Div. 1.

Yes

[60Hog]

Yes

So if a coach kicks you off the team because you're not good enough for his team, then you can't go play for another team.  That really sounds fair.

[ricepig]

So if a coach kicks you off the team because you're not good enough for his team, then you can't go play for another team.  That really sounds fair.

No, you can go play elsewhere, you just have to sit out a year at a D-I, no different than football or basketball. I guess you could play down a level, like the other sports.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

So if a coach kicks you off the team because you're not good enough for his team, then you can't go play for another team.  That really sounds fair.

Check this out.
http://informedathlete.com/the-effect-of-new-scholarship-rules-in-division-i-baseball
Be sure to read the Q & A at the bottom.

[booogaga]

Thats why most of them go to a lower division or JUCO. They will not have to sit out.

[Sueie]

No, you can go play elsewhere, you just have to sit out a year at a D-I, no different than football or basketball. I guess you could play down a level, like the other sports.

Some of the football/basketball players have transferred and played at a D1 school the next year.  Just depends on whether the NCAA wants to grant that "waiver". 

[ricepig]

Some of the football/basketball players have transferred and played at a D1 school the next year.  Just depends on whether the NCAA wants to grant that "waiver". 

True, but that was going to take too much effort to type out, and then explain. I believe that due to the limited scholarship numbers, that players should be able to transfer and be eligible immediately, outside their conference.

[Sueie]

I think they should do like basketball. Let them play and also be ONE and DONE. If good enough.