The NCAA is considering shortening the length of time its transfer portal windows are open each year, the organization said in a release on Wednesday.
The Division I Council has introduced a proposal to shorten transfer windows to 30 days, down from the current 60-day period. The windows have been in effect for only one year, but that has provided enough data for the NCAA to determine that most athletes enter the portal at the beginning of the window. A shorter window would simplify the task of coaches in their efforts to manage and reconstruct their rosters.
This proposal will now be sent around for feedback from various sport oversight committees and the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Council. It will be voted on by the D-I Council at its October meeting.
Football currently has two transfer windows during which players can enter the portal and become immediately eligible at their next school: the first began the day after the College Football Playoff field and bowl matchups were announced and lasted 45 days; the second ran from April 15-30 this spring. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said this week that he believed the NCAA should shorten the 45-day winter window.
“What you saw when the portal opened, the day after bowl placement, the first week or two was the exact…
