The Ivy League did not approve a one-time exception for fifth-year student athletes despite the NCAA granting spring athletes an extra year of eligibility on Monday, according to The Athletic's Dana O'Neil.
Although the NCAA allows athletes to use their four years of eligibility within a five-year span, the Ivy League does not follow this protocol. The league requires athletes to use their eligibility during the first four years of their enrollment and doesn't allow medical redshirts. Sometimes if athletes suffer injuries that would allow them to redshirt, they transfer to other conferences and use their final year of eligibility as a graduate student.