NCAA Division I Eligibility Decision COVID-19
- Spring sport student-athletes who would have exhausted their college eligibility this spring will also have the opportunity to return next year for another season if they so choose.
- However, the Council did NOT grant another season of eligibility for Division I winter sport student-athletes since those teams were able to compete through their regular season.
- They will be allowed to receive a scholarship next year that won’t count against their overall team limit.
- Also, coaches will not be required to provide an athletic scholarship at the same level that a student-athlete received this year.
- In the sport of baseball, which is the only spring sport that has a mandated roster limit (35), teams will be permitted to exceed that roster limit by the number of athletes returning who would have exhausted their eligibility this season.