NCAA D-I Spring Athletes to Get Extended Eligibility

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After weeks of uncertainty due to COVID-19, college athletes got a lifeline Monday.

The NCAA’s Division I Council voted to “allow schools to provide spring-sport student-athletes an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility.” Division I athletes are typically limited to four seasons of competition in a five-year period. Each student-athlete scheduled to compete this spring will now be eligible for a “fifth season” and a “six-year period.” While the end of the winter season was impacted by coronavirus, those athletes will not receive additional eligibility.

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