Covid extra year eligibility

[Vertigo]

I don't think the Ivy League did that.

I think what happened instead is some athletes decided to take a gap year so they were still eligible for another year of play. I could be wrong though.

 

[LEsoftballdad]

I think what happened instead is some athletes decided to take a gap year so they were still eligible for another year of play. I could be wrong though.

I have a client whose daughter played lacrosse at Columbia who got one year of playing. She played in 2018, blew her ACL in the spring of 2019, and had the 2020 season shortened and the 2021 season cancelled. No extra years for her.

Softball did the same thing. My friend's daughter played in 2019, 10 games in 2020, none in 2021, and a full year in 2022. They weren't even offered the option to play another year.

 

[Vertigo]

I have a client whose daughter played lacrosse at Columbia who got one year of playing. She played in 2018, blew her ACL in the spring of 2019, and had the 2020 season shortened and the 2021 season cancelled. No extra years for her.

Softball did the same thing. My friend's daughter played in 2019, 10 games in 2020, none in 2021, and a full year in 2022. They weren't even offered the option to play another year.

Even if they took a gap year where they took a year off from school?

 

[LEsoftballdad]

Even if they took a gap year where they took a year off from school?

Neither girl did that, so I can't say for certain.

 

[Vertigo]

Neither girl did that, so I can't say for certain.

I was able to find this:

SOFTBALL: Yale’s would-be seniors take gap years, anticipate next year’s season

The Yale softball team will not be losing any players this spring with the graduating class of 2021. The original senior class consisted of catcher […]

yaledailynews.com

 

[LEsoftballdad]

I was able to find this:

SOFTBALL: Yale’s would-be seniors take gap years, anticipate next year’s season

The Yale softball team will not be losing any players this spring with the graduating class of 2021. The original senior class consisted of catcher […]

yaledailynews.com

Neither took the gap year. They graduated on time. One took a gap year to go to PA school, but that was a requirement after graduation.

 

[Lance Steckler]

ivy league choosing to do that is their doing. pretty sure all div of NCAA and NAIA were granted an additional year. Appearantly, it was optional for the schools to do it.

 

[Vertigo]

Neither took the gap year. They graduated on time. One took a gap year to go to PA school, but that was a requirement after graduation.

I don’t blame them. No way I’d take a gap year just to play one more year of ball. I get some people wanted that extra year and felt they missed out - but in the grand scheme of life I’d think I’d have to just move on and get started with the next chapter of my life. Just my opinion, of course.

 

[Orange Socks]

I don’t blame them. No way I’d take a gap year just to play one more year of ball. I get some people wanted that extra year and felt they missed out - but in the grand scheme of life I’d think I’d have to just move on and get started with the next chapter of my life. Just my opinion, of course.

Unless the school is going to pay for that Graduate degree.

 

[Vertigo]

Unless the school is going to pay for that Graduate degree.

Correct - but I would not attend grad school just specifically for one more year of ball. If it was for something that would help me career-wise, absolutely.