Division II Panel Votes to Approve the Contentious Age-Based Eligibility Model Adopted in Division I
The new standard would make incoming freshmen and other first-year athletes age-eligible only if they meet the clock-based limits, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the NCAA Division II executive board voted to implement an age-based eligibility model, with eligibility beginning upon initial full-time enrollment or the academic year following the athlete's 19th birthday.
- The policy change mirrors Division I standards adopted June 23, following a series of athlete lawsuits filed in state and federal courts challenging the previous eligibility framework.
- Athletes will now be allowed five seasons of competition over five years, replacing the previous limit of four seasons within 10 semesters or 15 quarters of full-time enrollment.
- A federal judge in Denver ruled on July 31 that high school class of 2022 athletes who exhausted their four-year eligibility are entitled to a fifth season, though the NCAA has filed an intention to appeal.
- Coaches are now evaluating roster construction and playing time for freshmen under the new eligibility constraints, as the extended window reshapes how programs plan their depth charts.
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