Last Friday, the NCAA Board of Governors approved a resolution that will grant an additional year of eligibility to all fall sport athletes regardless of if they play this season or in the spring, or how much they play. The decision essentially freezes their eligibilities for one year, just like the one passed by the NCAA in March for spring athletes whose seasons were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unlike the spring resolution, which came at a time when much less available information on COVID-19 led to more reactionary approaches by conference leadership across the country, the fall resolution comes at a time when each league is determining a course of action most appropriately aligned with the current situations at its schools.