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Message: [QUOTE="ocoandasoc, post: 3478278, member: 3032"] If all spring sports are cancelled, then I believe every student athlete playing those sports would automatically have an extra year of eligibility if they and their school agreed on it. It would be like they all red-shirted a year. The only losers in this might be HS kids who don't get a spring sports scholarship because there wouldn't be room. (Since it's unlikely that any high school students would extend their high school careers.) Also, spring sports seniors who graduate would be able to transfer to other schools and play immediately as graduate transfers for a year. So a top softball pitcher at Florida could graduate and play next spring for Tennessee. Basketball is a different story. Nothing is automatic. The NCAA would have to come up with guidelines, and each school or conference would probably have a say in how they handle it. I doubt that either top mens or womens players would eschew the draft (I'm assuming both the NBA and WNBA will hold the draft, even if it's not a public event). Heck, a lot of the top men's players leave early. But non-drafted or late-round draftee players who feel they might enjoy increased playing time might see an advantage to staying in school and extra year. The NCAA would have to have bullet-proof guidelines that applied universally. Would they allow seniors given eligibility to transfer as graduate students to other schools? Would they allow teams to expand rosters? Would they authorize more scholarships so incoming high school seniors wouldn't be penalized? (A lot of these HS seniors have been robbed of their final tournaments as well!) Would they mandate schools to offer a fifth year to seniors or leave it as a school option? I suspect that the NCAA will pass on any extension for college basketball players. [/QUOTE]

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