It happens. A few years ago when Buzz was at Marquette, he pulled a scholarship from DJ Newbill out of Philadelphia because a transfer wanted to commit late in the cycle. Newbill had to be released from the LOI he signed, went to Southern Miss for a year, and ended up having a nice career at Penn State. Buzz is going to have a hard time landing a kid from Philly for the rest of his career because of it.
Do transfers impact the permitted cap on scholarships due to the one year Covid exemptions. I don't know exactly how that factors in, but if theses transfers don't count as a scholarship, the impact would be less. I know they get an extra year eligibility, but not sure about being counted against a player limit.
Yes they do, at least that’s my understanding. Everyone gets an extra year of eligibility, and the “super seniors” who stay don’t count against that school’s count...but a super senior who portals to another school will have his scholarship count against the transfer school’s 13 scholarships.
