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Play or not, all Division I fall sports athletes receiving extra year of eligibility

All NCAA Division I fall sport athletes will receive an extra year of eligibility via a blanket waiver approved Friday by the D1 Board of Directors.

The extension applies whether fall sports including football are able to play during the 2020-21 school year. In the Pac-12, all sports competition has been postponed for the remainder of the 2020 calendar year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"Part of what we've been worried about is the mental healthy of these athletes," ASU Vice President for Athletics Ray Anderson said. "There's been a lot of anxiety about what do I do.