A proposed rule that some say would lead to an unheard-of number of transfers in college basketball and football will not be implemented for the upcoming 2020-21 school year.

Instead, it’s possible —maybe even likely — players will be allowed to transfer without sitting out a season’s worth of games as early as the 2021-22 academic year.

The NCAA this week in a news release announced that its Division I Council has “approved a resolution that outlined its intention to adopt by January a comprehensive legislative package creating uniform, modernized rules governing eligibility after transfer for student-athletes in all sports.”

On the horizon is new legislation that could allow athletes in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and men’s ice hockey to be able to transfer and not have to sit out a year. Currently athletes in all sports except those mentioned are able to transfer and play in games at their new schools immediately.

The NCAA does allow graduates (with a year of eligibility remaining) in football and basketball to transfer and not have to sit out a year of competition.

Had a new rule been implemented this week, it’s possible chaos would’ve ensued, with record numbers of basketball and football players electing to seek out new opportunities with the school year quickly approaching. Many players might’ve elected to transfer to schools closer to family amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic uncertainties.

Under the old rules, 775 players have entered the men’s basketball transfer portal this offseason, as reported by Jeff Goodman of “Stadium.”

“I believe it’s OK to transfer. It’s OK, just sit out a year,” KU coach Bill Self said on a recent podcast. “I don’t see the big deal about that at all.”