The NCAA Division I Council voted on Monday to allow schools to provide spring sport student-athletes the opportunity for an extra season of eligibility.
The vote allows schools to apply a one-year extension on the usual limit of four seasons of competition over a five-year period. The official decision comes after council leadership agreed that eligibility relief is appropriate on March 13.
“The Council’s decision gives individual schools the flexibility to make decisions at a campus level,” said Council chair and athletics director M. Grace Calhoun. “The Board of Governors encouraged conferences and schools to take action in the best interest of student-athletes and their communities, and now schools have the opportunity to do that.