If your student-athlete becomes injured or ill to the point they won’t be able to continue competing during the season, it is possible to receive a Medical Hardship Waiver to get a season of competition “over again.” This includes: There are specific conditions and restrictions that apply for these types of waivers, and they vary between […]
A question that we often receive early in the school year is whether an athlete can withdraw from some or all of their classes without an eligibility “penalty.” Common reasons that an athlete might want to withdraw include second thoughts about their college choice, or due to an injury or illness. If your athlete has […]
At their meeting in late June, the NCAA Division I Council introduced a proposal to reduce the Transfer Portal Windows at the end of each sport season from 60 days to 30 days. On another item regarding transfers, Softball athletes should be aware of a new Division I rule that goes into effect this year. […]
For Division II programs, all sports can provide a recruit with an official visit beginning June 15 preceding the recruit’s junior year of high school. If you have questions about the NCAA recruiting rules and want to discuss your athlete’s particular situation, we can help with a confidential Recruiting Rules consultation. During the consult, we’ll answer […]
Effective July 1, recruits can now take an unlimited number of official visits to Division I institutions, as long as they don’t take more than one official visit per university. Also, high school athletes who are being told by an NCAA Division I coach that they can join the team as a “student manager” because there […]
Every year in August or September after classes have started, we are contacted by college student-athletes who have been told that they won’t be eligible for competition. By then, it’s too late to consider other options that may be possible. If you are transferring to a new college or enrolling as a freshman – especially […]
NCAA Division I baseball programs will continue with increased roster size and scholarship limits for the 2023-24 academic year in a somewhat similar manner to the way they have been impacted for the past three years. The reasons for these increased limits include: There will be a 40-man limit on roster size for Division I […]
NCAA Division I athletic programs can offer multiyear scholarships to prospects. The “period of the award” for a multi-year scholarship is in effect from the first academic year in which an athletic scholarship is provided through the final year of scholarship offered, even if there are years in-between in which no scholarship is offered (e.g., […]
NCAA Division I and II student-athletes who were on scholarship this past year should be notified no later than July 1 about the status of their scholarship for the upcoming year. Once in a while we hear from student-athletes or parents that they didn’t receive a notification that their scholarship was being reduced or non-renewed […]
NCAA Division I Student-athletes with NCAA Division I programs have two ways that they can potentially qualify for an Extension of Eligibility Waiver to have an additional year of eligibility added to their “five-year clock.” The redshirt year can occur in any year of the athlete’s college enrollment as long as the athlete also missed […]
