Fran’s Plan to Fix NCAA Eligibility (I’m perfectly aware that this makes too much sense to implement.)   Five full years of eligibility at all NCAA levels in a five-year window—PERIOD.   One one-time transfer exception and the second transfer requires a sit-out season. The exception to the one-time exception would be if the head coach of the school leaves for another job or is fired, the athlete receives immediate eligibility at next school.   Junior college transfer who receive a two-year degree retain four years of NCAA eligibility but not five. This insures that they are closer to the degree requirements at their Division 1 school.   Players who arrive from having played international basketball at the professional level and are over the age of eighteen, forfeit one year of their five years of eligibility for every year they played in a professional league.