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Rock Chalk Talk: Basketball
Anything pertaining to basketball: college, pro, HS, recruiting, TV coverage
Anything pertaining to basketball: college, pro, HS, recruiting, TV coverage
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3 years 7 months ago - 3 years 7 months ago #26959
by HawkErrant
My understanding:
EVERYONE who was on a roster this year got a 5th year of eligibility to use if they choose to, and a 6th year in which to play it if needed.
The extra year rules only kick in when a player has completed his or her 4 years and intends to return for a fifth. Through the first four years the scholarship counts against the 13 scholarship annual limit. For the fifth year it will not — as long as s/he does not opt to transfer to another school. Transfers retain their 5th year of eligibility, but their new school will have to count them against their annual 13.
And taking redshirt years are still allowed, so a player could be on campus for 6 years and play for 5 years (like Mitch next year).
So anyone who was a true freshman on this year’s roster could play his or her last year in AY2024-25, or AY2025-26 if they opt to take a redshirt year in the future.
This is actually a great deal for true student athletes as they get 6 paid years to get a bachelors degree and an advanced degree. If they can finish their undergraduate degree in 3 years they could conceivably get a PhD (usually 3 years minimum) on the school’s dime by the time they are done playing.
And it is my understanding that the NCAA has set up a fund which programs may tap if they could not otherwise fund the extra rides out of their budgets. And no, I do not know what exact metrics the program must meet to tap that fund.
Hopes this helps.
If anyone knows I’ve erred somewhere above, please chip in, and thanks!
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porthawk wrote: So this is the last paragraph of the article:
Although he tested his NBA draft stock last season before announcing his decision to return to KU, McCormack is expected to be back for his fourth year with the program in 2021-22 and still could have two seasons of eligibility left because of the additional year given to all college athletes this season because of the pandemic.
Based on the fact that it's saying that DM has two seasons of eligibility left b/c of the pandemic, does this mean that all freshmen and sophs have the extra year, too? I ask b/c for I guess I thought/assumed that the extra year of eligibility offered was only for seniors.And if that is true, doesn't that mean that the whole "players on scholarship" conundrum will continue for the next three years...as opposed to sorting itself out after next year (if it were only seniors who were offered that extra year)?
Pardon my potential ignorance here and thanks, in advance, for any help.
My understanding:
EVERYONE who was on a roster this year got a 5th year of eligibility to use if they choose to, and a 6th year in which to play it if needed.
The extra year rules only kick in when a player has completed his or her 4 years and intends to return for a fifth. Through the first four years the scholarship counts against the 13 scholarship annual limit. For the fifth year it will not — as long as s/he does not opt to transfer to another school. Transfers retain their 5th year of eligibility, but their new school will have to count them against their annual 13.
And taking redshirt years are still allowed, so a player could be on campus for 6 years and play for 5 years (like Mitch next year).
So anyone who was a true freshman on this year’s roster could play his or her last year in AY2024-25, or AY2025-26 if they opt to take a redshirt year in the future.
This is actually a great deal for true student athletes as they get 6 paid years to get a bachelors degree and an advanced degree. If they can finish their undergraduate degree in 3 years they could conceivably get a PhD (usually 3 years minimum) on the school’s dime by the time they are done playing.
And it is my understanding that the NCAA has set up a fund which programs may tap if they could not otherwise fund the extra rides out of their budgets. And no, I do not know what exact metrics the program must meet to tap that fund.
Hopes this helps.
If anyone knows I’ve erred somewhere above, please chip in, and thanks!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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