NCAA, Charlie Baker and transfer portal

NCAA president Charlie Baker addresses transfer portal proposal, Power Four conferences wanting more control
Hours after coaches made their case for a simpler calendar, Baker pumped the brakes on an immediate slashing of most portal windows
NCAA's Baker addresses transfer window issue amid coaches vote
President Charlie Baker believes that “there's time to figure out the transfer portal window situation,” after FBS coaches voted to “significantly cut down” the days of transfer availability.
NCAA president says transfer portal for football still must fit academic calendars
Charlie Baker, speaking with reporters at the NCAA Convention, said transfer windows are challenging because they must be built around academic calendars.
CFB Coaches Show Support for Proposal to Create Single Transfer Portal Window
Division I FBS coaches voted Tuesday during the American Football Coaches Association convention to change the current transfer portal time window frame
College football coaches want transfer portal changes. Here’s what they’ve proposed
Student-athletes can enter their names into the transfer portal during two different periods for the 2024-25 academic year. The first took place in early December and the second in late April.
FBS coaches support single, shorter transfer portal window
Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) coaches voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a proposal that would reduce college football's transfer windows down to a single 10-day period in January.
Coaches' transfer portal proposal a step in the right direction, but needs more work
FBS coaches put forward a proposal to change the transfer portal, unanimously approving it in a vote on Tuesday, according to David Hale of ESPN. The proposal
Could college football’s transfer window be shrinking? FBS coaches want it so, per report
The vote took place during a coaches’ meeting at the 2025 American Football Coaches Association convention in Charlotte, N.C., per the ESPN story. FBS coaches voted to move the transfer window to Jan.
NCAA president says legal clarity needed on transgender athlete participation
The brief mention of the NCAA's transgender athlete policy by the organization's leaders during a high-profile event was ...
Charlie Baker urges Congress to act on college sports legislation
Stressing his own organization's ability to pay out $1.2 billion over 10 years to help settle an industry-changing lawsuit, ...
NCAA approves new payment structure for women’s basketball teams in March Madness
Women’s basketball teams will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament starting this year, something that men’s teams ...
As NCAA mulls expansion of March Madness, a bigger question: Who will be in charge of it?
The association needs a new governance structure to accommodate the more professionalized parts of the NCAA’s membership.
Women's college basketball teams to be paid for playing NCAA Tournament games after approval of new plan
In a historic vote Wednesday at the NCAA convention in Nashville, the organization approved a plan to pay women's basketball ...
March Madness will pay women’s teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA
Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for ...
Baker v. Markey in 2026? Not so fast, NCAA says.
Baker is 68. He was found to be the most popular governor in the country multiple times during his tenure as governor. Before ...
NCAA Creates $15M Women's Basketball Fund to Pay Conferences on Tournament Results
The NCAA announced Wednesday that it has created a $15 million women's basketball fund to reward conferences for their teams ...
Republican to propose resolution calling on NCAA to ban trans athletes from women’s sports
Fla., got the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act passed in the House of Representatives, he already has plans to ...
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Charlie Baker grilled by Josh Hawley over transgender athletes in NCAA women’s sports
It’s probably safe to say that Charlie Baker won’t be inviting Josh Hawley to Christmas next week. The former Massachusetts GOP governor, now NCAA president, was grilled by the Republican U.S ...
NCAA to dole out $1.2B to help pay for House settlement. Its president asks for Congress to step in
Stressing his own organization’s ability to pay out $1.2 billion over 10 years to help settle an industry-changing lawsuit, ...