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There will probably be a lot of talk about this given the news today and figured this would be important to share.
Yes, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to everyone that is playing college basketball this year. However, there hasn't been any update on how that extra year will impact scholarship limits yet.
Here's how it's being handled for Fall sports, per the Washington Post:
For fall sports, seniors who return for an extra season during the 2021-22 academic year will not count toward the team’s scholarship limit. However, in the years that follow, schools cannot exceed the limit, even though athletes on the team still would be allowed extra eligibility. In those cases, if schools choose to let athletes use their extra season of eligibility, it would effectively take away that scholarship from incoming recruits. The Division I Council’s announcement did not specify whether those same rules would be applied for winter sports.
So if the same rule applies to Winter sports (which you would hope it would), Whaley/Polley/Carlton can return without counting towards the scholarship limit.
Yes, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to everyone that is playing college basketball this year. However, there hasn't been any update on how that extra year will impact scholarship limits yet.
Here's how it's being handled for Fall sports, per the Washington Post:
For fall sports, seniors who return for an extra season during the 2021-22 academic year will not count toward the team’s scholarship limit. However, in the years that follow, schools cannot exceed the limit, even though athletes on the team still would be allowed extra eligibility. In those cases, if schools choose to let athletes use their extra season of eligibility, it would effectively take away that scholarship from incoming recruits. The Division I Council’s announcement did not specify whether those same rules would be applied for winter sports.
So if the same rule applies to Winter sports (which you would hope it would), Whaley/Polley/Carlton can return without counting towards the scholarship limit.