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SAAC reps make recommendations to NCAA on COVID-19 eligibility relief

A group of 60 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representatives from Autonomy Conferences released a letter with recommendations to the NCAA Division I Council regarding its vote on eligibility relief for players affected by COVID-19 shutdowns.

The letter — which includes signatures from University of Wisconsin women’s golfer Tess Hackworthy, the school’s SAAC president, and women’s rower Eden Rane — outlines three requests regarding financial and eligibility relief.

The NCAA Division I Council is scheduled to vote on eligibility relief Monday afternoon.

SAAC letter to NCAA

“We are aware that eligibility relief presents extreme challenges for universities and the NCAA.