Good news coming for the likes of Cade Mays, Joey Gatewood and Otis Reese?

That could be the case according to Kentucky coach, Mark Stoops.

During his Monday press conference, Stoops shared that the SEC presidents plan on voting soon regarding the possibility to allow in-conference transfers the ability to play. Stoops suggested this rule would immediately go into effect this season.

“You know, I understand both points. The commissioner is correct (regarding there being a rule in place to prevent these transfers),” Stoops said on Monday. “When we recruited these student-athletes back to our institutions, we knew the rule. But we also understood that the landscape in college football is changing. It’s changing every day. It’s changing every year… Again the commissioner was crystal clear on that – and I agree with him – however, we are trying to get the rule changed.

“That’s above the head coach’s decision. It doesn’t matter what we think. We need to talk to our presidents and our presidents are voting on that and, you know, it’s my understanding that we’ll have a decision relatively quickly on that, but that’s at the president level.”

Stoops made these comments at the same time that Jeremy Pruitt was holding a press conference in Knoxville. The Tennessee coach was asked if he was aware of this rumored vote, but Pruitt said he was not aware of it.

“I’ve not heard that,” Pruitt responded when asked about Stoops’ comments.

Leading up to the start of the season, during multiple media availabilities, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey would not discuss individual transfer cases but mentioned that the current rule prohibits in-conference transfer from being eligible. He noted that the rule should be changed if that’s what SEC schools want to make those transfers eligible.

“If I’m clear, it’s about intra-conference transfer,” Sankey said during an appearance on WJOX radio last week. “There’s a very direct rule that says to transfer from school A to school B in the SEC, they serve an academic year resident. There are a set of NCAA oddity exceptions and then in 2018, our membership created two more: one for grad transfers, and one for individuals on teams that face postseason bans. And people send in waivers, but, you know, one of the questions that should be asked is that what the commissioner going to do is, is why haven’t our members voted to change that rule?

“So we’re inviting people to campus knowing there’s a clear rule and now everyone points and says, ‘Well, you need to let people out of that rule.’ And one of the questions that’s real is, why is our membership not acted to change? And the answer is because we have to work together. We have to be respectful. Could it change? Should it change? Might we manage it differently? Those are questions still to be answered, but the real direct answer is, decades ago, and repeatedly since, the now 14 member universities of the SEC have said we think that rules are appropriate within our own conference.”

Looks like the league’s leaders were listening.