NCAA Student-Athletes: The Difference Between “Opting-Out” and “Voluntarily Withdrawing”
These two phrases – “Opting-Out” and “Voluntary Withdrawal” mean two different things in NCAA terminology.
The NCAA has given student-athletes the right to “Opt-Out” of their sport this year if they have concerns about COVID. The benefit to scholarship athletes is that it protects their athletic scholarship from being cancelled by their athletic department.