Some UH athletes who were affected by the coronavirus pandemic may have their eligibility extended after the NCAA voted Monday to approve an extra season for all spring-sport student athletes — not just seniors whose careers seemingly ended when the crisis began.
The decision, which gives the University and other members the power to authorize the measure, excluded winter-sport student athletes. It also adjusted financial aid rules to allow for more scholarship spots for incoming student athletes and those who decide to stay.
“The Council’s decision gives individual schools the flexibility to make decisions at a campus level,” said NCAA Division I Council chair M.