The Stanford Cardinal winter student-athletes received a big boost ahead of their athletic calendars when the NCAA Division I Council voted to approve a free year of eligibility for the winter term athletes in 2020-21.
The fall and spring term athletes received the same waiver ahead of their seasons, or canceled seasons for those spring student-athletes, and now the winter athletes don’t have that hanging over their head.
The Council voted to approve that, as well as a new bowl game ruling that allows all teams to be eligible for bowl games, this week, stating they wanted to give freedom to those student-athletes to make their own right decisions.