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Report: NCAA DI Council recommends all fall student-athletes retain year of eligibility

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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The NCAA Division I Council has made its recommendation on all fall sports athletes for the 2020-21 academic year.

According to Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, the Division I Council is recommending that all fall sports student-athletes retain a year of eligibility, regardless of the number of competitions they participate in this year. In other words, this year could serve as an additional year of eligibility for student-athletes.

The NCAA Board of Governors must approve this recommendation for it to be implemented. They will meet on Friday.

Last week, the NCAA announced that it was postponing all fall sports championships, planning to move those to the spring. However, individual teams or conferences could still compete in the fall, but would not be eligible for a national championship.

That rule does not apply to FBS football, as the NCAA does not control that championship.

However, the NCAA’s decision would impact student-athletes in every sport that is played in the fall — even if competition starts back up in the spring.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB