Impact of NCAA’s ’ghost transfer’ rule explained + NCAA tournament expansion effect on CFP

It is six months until October, but the NCAA already has us talking about ghosts. They have introduced the latest rule change in college athletics and it is regarding 'ghost transfers.' The new rule impacts transfers who go to another school outside of the transfer portal window. If they then play for the new school, that school will be subject to a six-game suspension of their head coach and a fine of 20% of their budget. Andy Staples, Ross Dellenger and Steven Godfrey discuss the NCAA's latest rule and what type of impact it will have on the college football landscape. How long will it be until this rule is challenged in court?

Then, we move from the field to the court as Ross reports on the potential expansion of the NCAA tournament. The guys discuss not only how this would affect one of the best, if not the best, tournaments in all of sports, but how this could carry-over to impact the College Football Playoff as well? Will we start to see non-Power 4 teams eliminated from these postseason tournaments? Could a combination of rights deals between these tournaments be the future? The guys discuss all of this and more.

Later, one of the biggest players in both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments is struggling. Although UConn is having immense success in basketball, the continuance of remaining an independent in football is creating issues financially. They do not have the same pull as their other independent counterpart, Notre Dame, and therefore only receive a very tiny piece of the revenue pie. The guys discuss the decision that UConn faces and the simplest solution of just joining a conference. 

Get caught up on your college sports news on today's College Football Enquirer.

0:00:00 - Explaining the new 'ghost transfer' rule

8:30 - What is the fallout from this new rule?

26:18 - Potential expansion of the NCAA tournament

32:07 - How does expansion impact college football?

42:02 - Does UConn football need to join a conference?

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