Virginia players get extra year of eligibility

[BigDanT]

Anyone who would have been on their last year gets another one.

 

[Diseqc]

Seems like a reasonable decision

 

[05GTCorndog]

It is certainly a tragedy, but how does that equate to an extra year of eligibility? Seems dumb to me.

 

[agt45]

Yeah, that makes no sense.

 

[bonham]

It is certainly a tragedy, but how does that equate to an extra year of eligibility? Seems dumb to me.

What else are you going to do? Give them eligibility for two more games?

 

[fatmike91]

So a redshirt year (play 4 games), then a free year for covid, now this extra year. So we could see some 7th year seniors next year?

7 years?

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[Diseqc]

So a redshirt year (play 4 games), then a free year for covid, now this extra year. So we could see some 7th year seniors next year?

7 years?

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Oh no!

 

[DeepSnap]

What does that do to their 25/85 scholly limit? Guess it just extends their COVID Eligibility.

 

[cajunjacket]

So a redshirt year (play 4 games), then a free year for covid, now this extra year. So we could see some 7th year seniors next year?

7 years?

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Still won't be as old as Stetson

 

[JoeCakeEater]

What does that do to their 25/85 scholly limit? Guess it just extends their COVID Eligibility.

This is an important element. Could be cases where players want to play another year, but coaches want to upgrade. I’d assume they’re free against the scholarship limit at least next year.

 

[05GTCorndog]

What else are you going to do? Give them eligibility for two more games?

Do nothing.

 

[jacket67]

They lost two games. What about players who lost 4-5 games due to injury in programs all over the country? This is more about emotional posturing than any logical fairness.

 

[Ed Sawyer]

This is ööööing retarded. Our 2017 seniors should get a half season of eligibility back for UCF cancelling our game because of a phantom, inland hurricane if this is how it’s going to be.

 

[supersenior]

Seems like an overreaction, but who cares. It’ll probably only affect a few players.

 

[coit]

Another year of eligibility as long as they stay at UVA and don't enter the portal?

 

[The Champ]

This is ööööing retarded. Our 2017 seniors should get a half season of eligibility back for UCF cancelling our game because of a phantom, inland hurricane if this is how it’s going to be.

Yea. Because that equates a teammate killing 4 other teammates. Seems fair that these kids won’t remember their careers ending with such a tragedy. Like others said, it’s probably like 8 guys.

 

[Ed Sawyer]

Yea. Because that equates a teammate killing 4 other teammates. Seems fair that these kids won’t remember their careers ending with such a tragedy. Like others said, it’s probably like 8 guys.

Giving an entire year of eligibility is an extremely weird remedy for having to endure the stress of teammates’ deaths. There’s a handful of teams each year that have players killed, yet they all seemed to get by with regular eligibility.

 

[aeromech]

They lost two games. What about players who lost 4-5 games due to injury in programs all over the country? This is more about emotional posturing than any logical fairness.

The correct phrase is 'virtue signaling'.

 

[ScionOfSouthland]

So if you were in UVA’s roster during the free Covid year and now this you can get 7 years

 

[aeromech]

I am trying to remember how many extra years of eligibility the surviving players at Marshall were granted.