NORMAN — Maggie Nichols and the OU women's gymnastics team were supposed to spend last weekend in the NCAA Regionals at Lloyd Noble Center.
Instead, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the last month of their season and last week, the NCAA announced that spring sports athletes would be granted another year of eligibility while winter sports athletes would not.
Monday, Nichols made a case for additional eligibility for athletes in not only gymnastics but basketball and wrestling as well.
"We will never have a chance to compete for NCAA team and individual championships again," Nichols wrote in a message she posted on Twitter.