Originally Posted by Anonymous
Everybody has great arguments and different perspectives based on their daughter's position in all of this. Regarding this year's college seniors, what percentage do you actually think will play an additional year? Are seniors able to transfer to another school to seek a graduate degree? I'm thinking players that were seeking records, championships, MVP's, all-conference will be the ones that ponder the opportunity. Other than that, many have already taken jobs/careers etc.

It will all work out eventually. In life there are many roadblocks. Let's teach our daughters to compromise and adjust accordingly while maintaining the spirit of the game while focusing on the number one goal, a degree.



We will see. There seem to be a lot of names of players (men and women) entering the transfer portal and few who have already decided to stay at their school and play another year.
The 5th year eligibility is transferable to other schools. All current players get the "red shirt." For next year only, the NCAA granted 5th year seniors "financial aid flexibility" to "grant seniors equal or less financial aid than what they would have received in 2019-20."

Coach Galloway estimated 50% for his Jacksonville men's lacrosse team are going to stay. Other coaches have estimated keeping their own players in the 20-30% range. These estimates don't include possible transfers. Ivy league, Patriot League, and D3 players will probably have to find a school to transfer to in order to take advantage of their 5th year eligibility.

Some people think that this year's seniors might be less likely to play another year because they have already made decisions concerning jobs and graduate schools and it may be already too late to change those decisions. But the next 3 senior classes obviously have more time to restructure their classes, graduate school, and job decisions to fit a 5th year. With an expected soft labor market for the next couple of years, staying another year in school (if feasible) and playing another year of lacrosse, might seem increasingly preferable. So it may not all be about seeking records, championships, MVP's, etc.