NCAA president warns Congress: Transfer portal killing graduation rates

The president of the NCAA is urging Congress to pass the Protect College Sports Act for the sake of timely student-athlete graduation rates.

Charlie Baker, NCAA’s president, in a new letter to lawmakers Thursday argued “the court-imposed unlimited transfer policy is leading to worse academic outcomes for student-athletes who transfer multiple times.”

A recent review commissioned by the NCAA found that of the student-athletes who did not transfer, 88 percent graduated on time while 12 percent didn’t. Among student-athletes who transferred only once, 81 percent graduated on time while 19 percent didn’t. Only 71 percent of student-athletes who transferred more than once graduated on time compared to the 29 percent who did not, Baker said.

“In just the last few months,........

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