WholeHogSports · Aug 19, 2020
Mulligan: Extra year of NCAA eligibility for fall athletes?
The national office of the NCAA is shown in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Whether college football players play a lot in the fall, a little in the spring or not at all over the next 10 months, some athletic administrators want to give them a mulligan on the 2020-21 season.
The NCAA Division I Council meets Wednesday with two important issues on the agenda:
— What will happen with the eligibility of fall sport athletes heading into an uncertain season already impacted by the pandemic?
— Should the NCAA stage fall sports championship events in the spring now that most of Division I has punted on trying to play sports in the first portion of the school year?