The sec just passed a rule this year initially stating that undergraduate transfers from outside of member institutions have immediate eligibility and can participate immediately but there is a caveat and I quote, “ In order for an athlete to be eligible immediately at their school of choice, they must declare their intent to transfer by Feb. 1 for fall sports, May 1 for winter sports and July 1 for spring sports. The athlete does not need to choose his or her destination but must at least be in the transfer portal by those dates.
"The SEC has established a deadline for declaring an intention to transfer in fall sports as February 1 in order to create time windows that are more consistent across fall, winter and spring sports," Sankey said”. “ This was later amended to allow member institution undergraduates as well.
Bowl games used to have different rules allowing early enrollees, transfers etc to practice etc but do not think they were ever allowed to play per se but graduate transfers always seemed to have different rules than undergraduates etc. so if you are bored or would like a job in the compliance office do some research and please let us know.
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