Hi everyone! The next 2 days the NCAA will meet and discuss their proposed 5 year age based eligibility model. If adopted, the age-based eligibility model would replace current eligibility rules in Division I, instead allowing student-athletes up to five years of competition within their chosen sport during a five-year window that begins the academic year following their high school graduation or their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. Some noteworthy points: - Student-athletes whose fourth season of collegiate eligibility was completed by spring 2026: No additional eligibility. - Currently enrolled student-athletes with eligibility remaining after the 2025-26 academic year: Flexibility for schools to apply the age-based model or continue with the previous eligibility rules (four seasons to compete with five total years of eligibility), whichever is most beneficial to that individual. - Prospects expected to graduate from high school in spring 2027: Age-based model only. - Prospects expected to graduate from high school in spring 2026, regardless of planned enrollment date: Age-based model only. - Prospects who graduated prior to spring 2026 and have not enrolled: The NCAA Eligibility Center will review the prospect's individual circumstances and apply the age-based model or existing delayed enrollment eligibility rules, whichever is most beneficial to that individual. We will keep you updated as this moves forward.

We are getting a lot of questions on the new NCAA 5 year rule. Anyone, have any knowledge they want to share with the rest of us?

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