Maggie Nichols wants another senior year.
Hard to blame her.
She's one of the thousands of college athletes who had seasons ended by the coronavirus pandemic, but as a senior, her loss was even greater. The Oklahoma gymnast lost the final weeks of her college career, too. No change to add more championships and accolades. No opportunity to cap the most storied career in college women's gymnastics.
And when the NCAA decided last week to allow an extra year of eligibility for spring-sport seniors but not winter-sport ones — basketball, wrestling and gymnastics among them — that meant the end for Nichols.