By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
The NCAA is proposing significant changes to its eligibility rules.
The Division I Cabinet is expected to review a proposal next week that would give student-athletes five full years of eligibility, with an age limit built in, along with strict rules on redshirts or waiver requests outside of a select group.
According to Yahoo Sports‘ Ross Dellenger, student-athletes would be given five full years of eligibility from their 19th birthday or high school graduation, whichever is earlier.
Waiver requests, redshirts or exceptions would not be permitted outside of a small group of outliers, which would include those on maternity leave, military service or religious missions.
While the Cabinet members are slated to review the proposal at their meeting next week, Dellenger notes that a timeline for approval remains unclear and is “likely weeks or months away.”
However, he noted that the legislation is considered an urgent matter and could be implemented as soon as the fall of 2026, though it would be phased in slowly. The NCAA would aim to avoid limiting the eligibility of current student-athletes who are operating under the current rules but may violate the new policy.
“What’s unclear is if those players completing or having completed their final, fourth season of eligibility will regain a fifth season if they fall within the new policy’s five-year window,” Dellenger said.
Currently, student-athletes have a five-year eligibility clock to complete four seasons of competition, with the option to regain a season of eligibility through a redshirt or waiver request.
The NCAA received 1,450 waiver requests for extended eligibility last year, Dellenger reports, and two-thirds of those were granted. Of the approximately 500 that were not granted, more than 70 have resulted in lawsuits.
The proposal predates President Donald Trump‘s Executive Order, signed last week, but aligns with it, as Trump called for “participation to be limited to a five-year period.”
Last month, SwimSwam reported that United States Senator and former college football coach Tommy Tuberville introduced a bill that would extend eligibility to five full seasons in five years while also limiting transfers, allowing each student-athlete one without penalty and then having them sit out a full season for any additional transfers.
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