Transfer rules and the changes to those rules have played an outsized role in college athletics in recent years. The federal government joining 10 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against the NCAA that seeks to make permanent a temporary restraining order prohibiting the governing body from imposing penalties on student-athletes that transfer more than one time. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges the NCAA "unlawfully restrain the ability of Division I college athletes to transfer to other Division I schools without loss of athletic eligibility." At the Sports Illustrated Fan Nation site, Professor Nicola Sharpe explained that the Department of Justice taking a side in this battle means the issue is of national concern.

Read more of her remarks on the transfer case online.