{"id":6877,"date":"2026-07-23T22:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:34:55","slug":"ncaa-division-i-board-no-plans-to-change-age-based-eligibility-rule-being-challenged-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6877","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division I board: No plans to change age-based eligibility rule being challenged in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The NCAA Division I Board of Directors doubled down Thursday on the new age-based eligibility rule that has prompted some athletes to go to court in hopes of extending their college careers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6875\">Royals manager Matt Quatraro not with team for game against Tigers due to personal matter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Division I Cabinet, which approved the new rule last month, issued a similar statement last month after a group of basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court contending the age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. More lawsuits have been filed across the country since, some of them reportedly with their coaches\u2019 encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>The board statement indicates it won\u2019t budge from its stance like it did when, in response to former Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia\u2019s 2024 court win, it granted an additional year to athletes who had competed at non-NCAA schools for at least one season and were set to complete their eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are encouraged by the Division I membership\u2019s broad support of the age-based eligibility rules,\u201d the board said Thursday. \u201cThe design of the new rules, including its implementation strategy, was thoughtful and well informed, and was unanimously supported by the Cabinet, including its student-athlete members. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Board has no plans to modify their application, notwithstanding a series of lawsuits recently filed on behalf of student-athletes with no remaining eligibility. We look forward to ensuring that the age-based eligibility rules are enforced consistently so that all institutions play by the same rules, like all participants in sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The age-based eligibility rule allows athletes five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. The move all but eliminates waivers or redshirt years for extended eligibility except for religious missions, pregnancy or active-duty military service. Extensions will no longer be considered for athletes who are injured.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6873\">Tyreek Hill is running but says he has \u2018no power in my left leg\u2019 10 months after serious knee injury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Athletes whose eligibility expired by spring 2026 under the traditional model \u2014 four years of competition over five years \u2014 will not be allowed a fifth year of competition under the new rules that go into effect this fall.<\/p>\n<p>That was the impetus for the first lawsuit, in Ohio. A judge granted a preliminary injunction that allowed the players to enter the transfer portal and the case now heads to trial. Athletes in other cases across the country also have won preliminary injunctions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said the conference ended up supporting the rule despite some leaders\u2019 misgivings about its timing. Sankey said there was a thought that the Protect College Sports Act currently circulating in the Senate could solve the problem. He also said the conference wasn\u2019t presented with data to justify the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got on a fast track in this environment because \u2026 people are looking for solutions,\u201d he said in an interview with The Associated Press. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean there are solutions but it\u2019s just \u2018Oh, what we\u2019re doing isn\u2019t working. There\u2019s so many waivers, there\u2019s so much controversy about eligibility, this must be better.\u2019 But we\u2019re not sure if it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6871\">Raiders sign No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza to a 4-year, $57.27M contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP National Writer Eddie Pells contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP college sports: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA Division I Board of Directors doubled down Thursday on the new age-based eligibility&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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