{"id":602915,"date":"2025-01-03T16:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T23:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=602915"},"modified":"2025-01-16T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:53:21","slug":"reports-ncaa-weighing-possibility-of-uniform-fifth-year-of-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/reports-ncaa-weighing-possibility-of-uniform-fifth-year-of-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: NCAA Weighing Possibility of Uniform Fifth Year of Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reports: NCAA Weighing Possibility of Uniform Fifth Year of Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NCAA is reportedly weighing an expansion of college athletic eligibility to include a fifth year for all athletes, per reports on Friday.<\/p>\n

College basketball writer Jon Rothstein<\/strong> of CBS Sports reported the discussions on Friday<\/a>. The idea had first surfaced back in September, through the reporting of Yahoo! Sports\u2019 Ross Dellenger,<\/strong> as part of reform on redshirt rules<\/a>. The topic, Rothstein reports, will be debated between parties in early 2025.<\/p>\n

A fifth year of eligibility would be a seismic shift in collegiate athletics, affecting both the educational institutions that athletes are attached to and the professional leagues in the United States that depend on college athletics as its feeder pipeline. It would mark the biggest change in college eligibility since the 1972 decision to grant freshmen eligibility<\/a> for basketball and football players, which had previously been limited to three years.<\/p>\n