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U Sports, the national sports governing body for universities in Canada, has enhanced its policies to allow students to transfer without penalty.

The new transfer rules will allow student-athletes in their first or second academic year to transfer without penalty.

Previously, non-graduating student-athletes who transferred were required to sit out for 365 days from their last date of competition, unless they were making forward academic progression, or competed in cross-country, swimming, or track and field, which had existing exemptions.

This change ensures that student-athletes have more flexibility earlier in their academic journeys.

"The landscape of post-secondary sport is evolving, and our role is to ensure our policies reflect the needs of thos

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