Gophers, Tommies benefit from NCAA's one-time transfer rule College basketball has seen a historic number of players, totaling more than 1,000, in the portal this year anticipating the NCAA's decision to no longer require a hardship waiver to play immediately after transferring. April 16, 2021 — 12:34am Text size Copy shortlink: The NCAA's Division I Council adopted legislation Thursday that would allow all of its athletes to transfer one time and avoid sitting out a year. The one-time transfer rule is expected to benefit the Gophers and St. Thomas men's basketball programs next season. The previous rule had long forced non-graduate transfers in the high-profile sports such as football and basketball to receive hardship waivers to avoid sitting a year.