NCAA panel approves new eligibility rules
- On Tuesday, the NCAA Division I Cabinet unanimously approved a new five-year, age-based eligibility model granting athletes five seasons of competition within a five-year period starting at full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first.
- The move aims to eliminate the need for redshirts and waivers, which have drawn scrutiny in recent years as the NCAA sought to reduce chaos in the transfer portal era by replacing case-by-case judgment calls with a blanket rule.
- Effective this fall, the new rules remove injury extensions but offer narrow exceptions for military service, pregnancy, or religious missions; schools retain flexibility to apply either the new model or previous standards for currently enrolled student-athletes with remaining eligibility.
- Attorney Mit Winter, who specializes in sports law, called the proposal a "very sensible rule" offering "more black and white" evaluation, though he noted legal challenges remain likely as athletes may still pursue antitrust arguments despite the standardization effort.
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