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Dana Holgorsen on NCAA’s extra eligibility year: ‘It’s pretty clear cut, the year don’t count’

As the calendar gets closer to September, the 2020 college football season remains shrouded in uncertainty. These unprecedented times require unprecedented rules, one of which came on Aug. 21 when the NCAA voted to give all fall sport student athletes an additional year of eligibility.

The extra year of eligibility applies to all football student athletes who are still unsure whether they will be able to get in an entire season.

But for the moment, it looks like they will at least try to get a campaign off, which gives players one less thing to worry about and provides them with options in an otherwise uncertain future.