FAYETTEVILLE — Spring sport athletes whose seasons were cut short by coronavirus will receive an extra year of college eligibility, the NCAA’s Division I Council ruled Monday.
The NCAA also relaxed spring roster and scholarship limits for the 2020-21 school year to account for incoming freshmen and returning seniors who would have otherwise exhausted their eligibility this spring. NCAA rules allow athletes to have four seasons of competition during a five-year period.
Any athlete, regardless of classification, who competed this spring can appeal to restore the lost season, but scholarship and roster limits will apply to all athletes again after the 2021 spring season.