http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/24/ncaa-waves-goodbye-to-hardship-waivers-big-five-leagues-a-step-closer-to-autonomy/
The other noteworthy aspect of today’s release from the NCAA is that hardship waivers granting immediate eligibility to transfers will now be a thing of the past. “Qualifying student-athletes who cannot transfer and play immediately without a waiver will be allowed a sixth year to complete their four years of eligibility,” the NCAA said in the release. In other words, the players will not be held to current NCAA standard that four years of eligibility must be used up in a five-year window.