Add: If a student-athlete wants full freedom to transfer...
Posted on: January 16, 2017 at 15:17:52 CT
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without impacting eligibility, their course of action is quite simple: do not sign a NLI and do not accept an athletic scholarship.
The NCAA will allow a walk-on athlete to transfer and be immediately eligible as long as they were not on athletic scholarship at their previous school and were not a "recruited athlete" by the school to which they are transferring. In order to avoid being classified as a "recruited athlete" by the NCAA, the student-athlete should only communicate with coaches via email. In person or over the phone communication constitutes a "recruited athlete."