The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to grant an extra year of eligibility to all student-athletes in spring sports whose seasons were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The decision will also extend the eligibility of all spring-sport student-athletes, not just seniors whose careers would have ended after the season. It will allow schools to expand their rosters beyond current scholarship limits to account for incoming recruits and seniors who were expected to leave.
The NCAA will leave it up to each individual school to decide whether or not to grant seniors in spring sports less or equal financial aid this upcoming year than what they received this year.