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NCAA establishes football, basketball transfer portal windows

(Football portal windows: For the 2024-25 academic year, the windows will be open Dec. 9-28 and April 16-25)

Via the NCAA:

The Division I Council on Tuesday approved changes to the notification-of-transfer windows in football and men's and women's basketball from a total of 45 days to 30 days, effective immediately.

The changes, which were initially introduced in June, are intended to provide greater stability to student-athletes and programs, in better alignment with academic terms and, in some cases, professional league draft rules.

"With several years of data now available, we know that the vast majority of student-athletes are entering the portal within the first four weeks of it opening," said Josh Whitman, athletics director at Illinois and chair of the council. "The NCAA remains committed to adjusting to the rapidly changing collegiate athletics landscape while continuing to keep student-athletes at the forefront of our decision-making process. These window adjustments met that standard."

Moving forward, the notification-of-transfer windows in basketball will be open for 30 days, starting the day after the conclusion of the second round of each NCAA Division I championship, when 91% of teams in both men's and women's basketball have concluded their season. For the 2024-25 academic year, the window will be open March 24-April 22 for men's basketball and March 25-April 23 for women's basketball.

In both the Football Championship Subdivision and the Football Bowl Subdivision, the notification-of-transfer windows will be a total of 30 days spread over two windows. The first window will open the Monday after the FBS conference championship weekend for 20 days, and the second window will open in the spring for 10 days. For the 2024-25 academic year, the windows will be open Dec. 9-28 and April 16-25.

The changes were recommended and supported by the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committees and the Football Oversight Committees on Tuesday before the council meeting and were adopted Tuesday by the council — which includes a voting representative from each Division I conference, as well as student-athlete representatives.

Student-athletes seeking to transfer and be recruited by other schools to compete the following year must provide their current school with administrative notice during the window for their sport. The window is for notice only and does not impact the amount of time a student might need to decide whether to ultimately transfer and to what school.

In all sports, student-athletes whose head coach leaves the school would continue to have an additional 30-day transfer window beginning the day after a coach's departure.

Football Landen Thomas, Amaree Williams emerging, bringing energy to FSU's TE room

The preseason perception of Florida State’s tight ends has flipped in a dramatic 180-degree turn.

Then: Kyle Morlock is the only constant in a room with unproven veterans and talented freshmen. Now: Morlock wasn’t consistent, veterans have contributed more as blockers while freshmen Landen Thomas and Amaree Williams are proving to be athletic pass-catchers who are working toward fulfilling the all-around responsibilities of a tight end.

“Those are two long, lean, athletic bodies that can go catch and run routes,” FSU offensive coordinator Alex Atkins said. “They’ve always excelled at that.”

Thomas and Williams have made their share of freshmen mistakes, but the growing pains are understandable. The Seminoles (1-5) are playing freshmen for a reason, seeking dependable pass-catchers and developing them as blockers for the second half of 2024 as well as the future.

Hurricane Milton is now Category 4 aimed at Florida!

The TV "meteorologists" down here are pathetic. I've been on different channels and not a single one sees the same thing another does. But they sure now how to push that weather porn, breathlessly telling us how we're all going to die if we don't go to shelter immediately, and I swear, some of them act like they're going to have an orgasm any minute.

Update on the Cape: several tornadoes have been seen and touched down, going north either east or west of us. Heard there was one on Pine Island that might've done some damage, but right now winds are out of the east at about 20 mph, overcast but no rain at all. It was very hard rain during the tornado passes. Update: one of the tornadoes touched down in N. Ft. Myers and who would have guessed it, in a trailer park. No word of any casualties yet.
Ed, where is Cape Coral in relation to like Fort Myers? I don't know if I could point at it on a map without labels.
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