The NCAA has officially approved an additional year of eligibility for spring sports athletes, but winter sports athletes whose seasons ended abruptly will not get a year back.
The NCAA's Division I Council voted Monday “to allow schools to provide spring-sport student-athletes an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility.”
The NCAA had previously announced earlier this month that the Division I Council's Coordination Committee had “agreed that eligibility relief is appropriate for all Division I student-athletes who participated in spring sports,” but now that framework is officially in place after a vote by the full council.