Originally Posted by Anonymous
I do not agree that the extended year of eligibility should only apply to seniors.

The problem is universal meaning in a normal playing career you have 4 years of NCAA athletic eligibility. The cancellation of the season provides roughly 3.25 years of eligibility to everyone, not just seniors (this season about +/-25% of games were played).

If you only apply to Seniors they would be the only ones to receive the 4 full years of eligibility with everybody else getting about 31/4 years. How does changing the rules for seniors only remedy the situation? All years were impacted equally so why shouldn't the resolution apply equally?

Lots of moving parts with budget, scholarships, roster size, potential cuts to underperforming players, underclass transfers, HS recruits who have not signed LOI, getting into a program that is totally different than what you thought and coaches reevaluating verbal offers vs signed recruits. Crazy time with no great answers going to be interesting to see what happens.



I think giving it only to seniors would be a fair solution. Senior year is special and being able to end your career on the field win or lose is something that they would all be able to achieve if the extra year is given only to the seniors.Giving an extra year to all players would be unfair to the recruiting classes that have not yet entered college and an undo burden to Universities and coaches.