NCAA to allow an extra year of eligibility for spring sports athletes

[BMoreX]

@GoodmanHoops
The NCAA’s Council Coordination Committee has agreed to grant relief for the use of a season of competition for student-athletes who have participated in spring sports. Committee will also discuss issues for winter sport student-athletes.

@GoodmanHoops
Players in spring sports get another year of eligibility.
NCAA looking into what to do with those who played winter sports.

[XUOWNSUC]

I would love some more Tyrique Jones!

[paulxu]

If they let some seniors play basketball for another year, they'd have to do something about roster size.
Or else the incoming freshmen would be in a bind.

[Lamont Sanford]

This should NOT apply to Winter sports though. They already basically played their whole seasons. At least, that's my opinion.

[xavierj]

I don’t see it happening for basketball just because the NCAA tourney was cancelled. I mean they played for a full season. Spring sports makes sense because they essentially lost an entire year of eligibility. I would think that all spring sports athletes will be granted another year of eligibility regardless of year, since they would be losing out on it. A redshirt year for all if they want it.

[Lloyd Braun]

2 more years of Carter?

[Smails]

This should NOT apply to Winter sports though. They already basically played their whole seasons. At least, that's my opinion.

I think every team should be granted one Senior exemption...like an internal draft. At least there would be some sports programming to talk about.

[GoMuskies]

This is tough on current high school seniors. Who are already getting screwed out of their senior spring sports season.

[XUGRAD80]

I think it’s a great decision at first glance....BUT it does pose some questions in regards to roster sizes, # of scholarships allowed per sport (the NCAA allows only 11.7 full scholarships for a typical 35 member baseball roster), and how those extra scholarships are going to be paid for.

[D-West & PO-Z]

I think it’s a great decision at first glance....BUT it does pose some questions in regards to roster sizes, # of scholarships allowed per sport (the NCAA allows only 11.7 full scholarships for a typical 35 member baseball roster), and how those extra scholarships are going to be paid for.

You mean the school can't just pay itself for an extra couple scholly's? The whole debate around scholarship cost to school is so hilariously funny to me. Schools just moving money from one account to another lol.

[GoMuskies]

You mean the school can't just pay itself for an extra couple scholly's? The whole debate around scholarship cost to school is so hilariously funny to me. Schools just moving money from one account to another lol.

It's not just moving money from one university account to another if they've got another student to fill the spot who would actually pay.

[D-West & PO-Z]

It's not just moving money from one university account to another if they've got another student to fill the spot who would actually pay.

True. If one baseball senior stays another year will XU not let in 1 student they otherwise would have though?

[GoMuskies]

True. If one baseball senior stays another year will XU not let in 1 student they otherwise would have though?

No, but if 6 baseball seniors do, 8 total men's and women's tennis players stay, 3 golfers, etc., then it's going to cost the university some money (assuming the athletes are on some sort of scholarship).

[D-West & PO-Z]

No, but if 6 baseball seniors do, 8 total men's and women's tennis players stay, 3 golfers, etc., then it's going to cost the university some money (assuming the athletes are on some sort of scholarship).

Yeah, do they stay in on campus housing though? I would think that would be the biggest reason they couldnt accept kids they otherwise would.

[chico]

I wonder how many athletes this affects. How many seniors are there on the various spring teams - maybe 0? And of those, how many will come back for a full year of school just to play a sport in the spring? I'm guessing a fair amount may already have jobs lined up, or may be going to grad school somewhere else.

I guess the only effect it would have from the school's standpoint would be on campus housing. A couple more students in a class would't be a real hardship and there is no increased cost to the school other than food unless they had to find more housing. It's not like they'd have to hire more professors or staff.

[XUGRAD80]

It may seem like it should be just a simple matter of moving funds from one department to another, but unfortunately it’s not quite that simple. Not saying it can’t be done, but there are going to be several bookkeeping steps that need to be made. This is probably less complex for a private school like X, but the public universities have additional rules and laws to deal with, as they are publicly owned and operated. And yes, there are the additional real costs involved in housing, food, travel, insurance, etc. that come about as rosters are enlarged, that need to be accounted for. It may not be a huge number of people that are involved, as most spring sports already have pretty small numbers of allowed scholarships. Still, it is something that will need to be worked out, and I’m confident that it will be.