Somebody give me the Cliff Notes on what this fixes.

Basically, if I'm reading this correctly and these transfer rules are enacted, the following occurs:

- Players need permission from their current school to inquire about transferring to a different school on the basis of playing time and practice time, not based on their ability to get a scholarship. Essentially, this eliminates the possibility of a player transferring to a school solely to gain more playing time. It's more of a clarification than a new rule.

- Athletes who carry a 2.600 GPA or higher will be eligible to play immediately for their new school. This is a big one; obviously the impetus behind this rule addition is to reward good students, but chances are this will only lead to some more grade inflation for athletes. The NCAA creates a potentially big problem here, but the thought behind the rule is a good one. Personally, I would have made the GPA requirement higher, like 3.000 or better, just to make it harder for the grades to be fudged across the board and harder for the athlete to earn the right to play immediately, but that's me.

- Athletes who transfer don't lose a year of the 5-year eligibility window when they transfer. This seems like common sense, but it's an important clarification that the NCAA hadn't made previously, and I believe that a transfer did actually result in losing a year of eligibility, so it's a (somewhat surprisingly) good move by the NCAA to make this a little more evident.

- Illegally contacting a player from another school in an attempt to get them to transfer would result in the NCAA's highest penalty, a Level I violation (whatever that means). Tampering is frowned upon regardless of the competition level, and this rule gives the new transfer rules a little more bite. This is an obviously important rule, as tampering with students from other schools is a real concern with somewhat more liberal transfer rules.

I can guarantee you, it will turn into a cluster fook.