A new staff interp:
Six-Hour Requirement For Eligible Student-Athletes Who Transfer During an Academic Term (I)
Date Published: October 7, 2009
The academic and membership affairs staff determined that a student-athlete who transfers to the certifying institution during the same regular academic term in which he or she was enrolled full time at the previous institution (e.g., fall semester to fall semester or quarter) is not required, upon transfer, to have completed six hours of academic credit during the same regular academic term at the previous institution. [References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 14.4.3.1 (fulfillment of credit-hour requirements), 14.4.3.1.2 (transfer), 14.4.3.1.2.1 (six-hour requirement for transfer), 14.4.3.1.5 (additional application of six-hour and transfer rules -- baseball), 14.5.4 (two-year college transfers), 14.5.5.2.10 (one-time transfer exception) and staff interpretation (01/02/1991, item a), that has been archived.]