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NCAA Will Give Spring Sports Athletes Another Year Of Eligibility

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NCAA WILL GIVE SPRING SPORTS ATHLETES ANOTHER YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY, STILL CONSIDERING WHETHER TO DO SO FOR WINTER SPORTS ATHLETES

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After their seasons all came to an abrupt end on Thursday, spring sports athletes are in line to receive another year of eligibility from the NCAA.

The NCAA announced Friday that it has “agreed that eligibility relief is appropriate for all Division I student-athletes who participated in spring sports.”



The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach and Stadium's Jeff Goodman both reported on Friday that the NCAA's Division I Council Coordinator Committee is still considering whether to do the same for winter sports athletes whose seasons also ended early on Thursday, when the NCAA announced it was canceling all of its championship competitions for the remainder of the academic year.





Athletes in spring sports – which include baseball and softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, rowing, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, track and field and men’s volleyball at Ohio State – did not even get the opportunity to play a full regular season after Thursday's announcements by the NCAA and by the Big Ten which announced that all competitions for conference schools would be canceled for the remainder of the academic year.

For winter sports athletes, that decision could be more complicated, as some had already concluded their seasons before Thursday while most – including men's and women's basketball, men's and women's hockey and wrestling – had completed their regular seasons, though their postseasons were cut short.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/coll...bility-still-considering-whether-to-do-so-for
 
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Athletes in spring sports – which include baseball and softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, rowing, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, track and field and men’s volleyball at Ohio State – did not even get the opportunity to play a full regular season after Thursday's announcements by the NCAA and by the Big Ten which announced that all competitions for conference schools would be canceled for the remainder of the academic year.

For winter sports athletes, that decision could be more complicated, as some had already concluded their seasons before Thursday while most – including men's and women's basketball, men's and women's hockey and wrestling – had completed their regular seasons, though their postseasons were cut short.
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I do not see how they are going to work out the scholarship numbers because if they let current students played next year what is going to happen regarding high school seniors that have already committed to playing at a certain school. Let us say that currently there are may be six scholarships available for baseball and 10 high school seniors have committed to playing at a school next season. Word is all the money going to come from for all of these athletic scholarships. I know that Ohio State could probably afford it but lesser schools will not be able to.
if they try to retroactive winter sports it will be a nightmare.
 
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LitlBuck said:
I do not see how they are going to work out the scholarship numbers because if they let current students played next year what is going to happen regarding high school seniors that have already committed to playing at a certain school. Let us say that currently there are may be six scholarships available for baseball and 10 high school seniors have committed to playing at a school next season. Word is all the money going to come from for all of these athletic scholarships. I know that Ohio State could probably afford it but lesser schools will not be able to.
if they try to retroactive winter sports it will be a nightmare.
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I think that the NCAA granting the year is the first step in the process. They have to grant the extra year then they would have to address the total numbers per team. The 85 number for football, for example if a spring sport, would have to be adjusted to something like 85+number of players who opt for the additional year. The schools then, to your point, would have to figure out funding.

Frankly, among the spring sports, I can’t see a lot of them taking an extra year to come back to play. While I could be wrong, I generally would guess that non-revenue sport athletes are more likely to be interested in finishing school and getting a job. That said, those who haven’t finished yet? Yeah, that’s a group who I could see wanting to come back.
 
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I think that the NCAA granting the year is the first step in the process. They have to grant the extra year then they would have to address the total numbers per team. The 85 number for football, for example if a spring sport, would have to be adjusted to something like 85+number of players who opt for the additional year. The schools then, to your point, would have to figure out funding.
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I think they are talking more about sports like basketball, hockey, wrestling and other winter sports. Fall sports have already been completed so I do not see football players getting another year. I do not know recruiting would work with regard to basketball and wrestling because most of those players commit during the spring and coaches would not know how many scholarships they would have if players (students) were going to be around the next season. It would be a recruiting nightmare.
 
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LitlBuck said:
I think they are talking more about sports like basketball, hockey, wrestling and other winter sports. Fall sports have already been completed so I do not see football players getting another year. I do not know recruiting would work with regard to basketball and wrestling because most of those players commit during the spring and coaches would not know how many scholarships they would have if players (students) were going to be around the next season. It would be a recruiting nightmare.
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Sorry if I wasn’t clear in my 85 scholarship football example. I used it as an example because everyone here knows that number as opposed to 12.6 scholarships per lacrosse...

From what I read fall sports receive nothing, spring sports get an extra year and they are trying to figure out what to do with winter... My guess is that winter sports will get nothing like fall.
 
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Report: Date set on NCAA to vote on additional eligibility for winter, spring athletes

Several winter and spring college athletes at all levels saw their seasons either end abruptly or be canceled entirely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The difficult, yet necessary, decisions from the NCAA potentially ended athletic careers for many student-athletes.

But the association is attempting to come up with a resolution, especially for the student-athletes who participated in spring sports, who participated in very little of the 2020 season.

According to Stadium’s Jeff Goodman, the NCAA will vote on whether to provide an additional year of eligibility due winter and spring student-athletes on March 30.



Recently, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein said it was unlikely that the NCAA would grant an extra year of eligibility to winter sports athletes, as all that was remaining were championship contests. It’s far more likely that spring student-athletes receive an additional year.

We’ll find out before too long how the NCAA votes.

Entire article: https://saturdaytradition.com/big-t...ional-eligibility-for-winter-spring-athletes/
 
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The NCAA has officially approved an additional year of eligibility for spring sports athletes, but winter sports athletes whose seasons ended abruptly will not get a year back.
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The Division I Council also considered the possibility of granting eligibility relief to winter sports athletes whose seasons were cut short when the NCAA opted to cancel all of its championships for the remainder of the year due to the coronavirus outbreak, but ultimately decided against that, as the majority of those athletes had completed their regular seasons while some had finished their seasons altogether.

For seniors from Ohio State's basketball, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, pistol, rifle, swimming and diving and wrestling teams, that means their careers as Buckeyes are now over, even though none of those teams had the opportunity to fully complete their 2019-20 seasons.
 
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“What we tried to do was encourage our seniors to go ahead and, if you’re going to graduate, graduate and move on with your life,” Alvarez said Wednesday on his monthly radio show on 1310 WIBA and Learfield/IMG College. “We appreciate everything that you’ve done. But move forward. The future is in question, and we can’t promise you anything.”

UW has “made the decision to not pursue waivers that would extend the eligibility of our senior student-athletes,” according to a statement from the athletic department. “Student-athletes in their fourth year of eligibility have concluded their careers with us.”
 
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