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A Need For Heightened Scrutiny: Aligning The Ncaa Transfer Rule With Its Rationales, Jonathan Jenkins Jan 2006

A Need For Heightened Scrutiny: Aligning The Ncaa Transfer Rule With Its Rationales, Jonathan Jenkins

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This note will explore the traditional rationales offered by the NCAA in implementing the Transfer Rule and suggests that these rationales are not served by the current Rule. Part I frames the environment in which the Transfer Rule exists by tracing the history of the NCAA. Part II explores the traditional rationales offered for justifying the Transfer Rule. In McHale v. Cornell University, the NCAA suggested that the purposes of the Transfer Rule are "(1) to prevent transfers solely for athletic reasons, (2) to avoid exploitation of student-athletes, and (3) to allow transfer students time to adjust to their new …


Are We Playing By The Rules? A Debate Over The Need For Ncaa Regulation Reform, Katherine Todd, Chris Guthrie, Professor Covington, Linda Bensel-Meyers, Gene Marsh, Mike Slive Commissioner, Len Elmore Jan 2005

Are We Playing By The Rules? A Debate Over The Need For Ncaa Regulation Reform, Katherine Todd, Chris Guthrie, Professor Covington, Linda Bensel-Meyers, Gene Marsh, Mike Slive Commissioner, Len Elmore

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

We welcome all of you here today. The moderator for this morning's panel is Professor Robert Covington. Professor Covington is a senior member of the Vanderbilt faculty, having joined the law school immediately after his graduation from Vanderbilt Law in 1961. Professor Covington did his undergraduate work at Yale. He has established himself as a wide-ranging scholar and teacher, with a recognized expertise in labor law. Professor Covington has also taught sports law classes at the Law School. In recognition of his distinguished service to Vanderbilt, in 1992 he received the university's Thomas Jefferson Award. Professor Covington, I'll turn it …