JUCO Eligibility

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JUCO Eligibility

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The NCAA has granted a (extra) year of eligibility to former JUCO players while it is appealing the courts decision. This ruling IMO should be overturned, but at least the NCAA is getting out in front of this to equalize things for now.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... injunction
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors on Monday approved a blanket waiver granting an additional year of eligibility to former junior college transfers in similar positions to Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, opening the door for a wave of college athletes across all sports to spend one more year in college athletics.

According to an NCAA memo, the waiver extends an extra year of eligibility in 2025-26 to athletes who previously "competed at a non-NCAA school for one or more years" and otherwise would have exhausted their NCAA eligibility following the 2024-25 season.
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