is it possible for a college sports team to have non-students on their roster?
according to a recent article in yahoo sports by dan wetzel after villanova’s win over pitt, some schools have athletes that are not students. is it true? how does it happen with NCAA guidelines?
According to NCAA eligibility rules, you must be a student in order to compete in NCAA athletics. It is possible for some players who were either redshirted or just weren’t in athletics as a freshman, to have more years of eligibility left following graduation. If they want to continue to play, they must continue to take classes while they are playing. This isn’t really much of an issue, since I’m sure most schools will include extra classes in a players scholarship, should they be a good player and want them to keep playing.
June 24th, 2010 at 6:41 am
What up Don Juan 1222,
As far as i know i don’t think that can be true. i remember Matt Leinart a few years back- was taking a dance class (even though he had graduated) to be able to still play NCAA football. i know that basketball is a different sport- but i assume that the NCAA rules for these things would be the same.
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June 24th, 2010 at 7:01 am
if it happens it is because they still have eligibility in their sport even tho they already graduated. if they start late or they get hurt it adds another year of eligibility so i guess it can happen
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June 24th, 2010 at 7:17 am
According to NCAA eligibility rules, you must be a student in order to compete in NCAA athletics. It is possible for some players who were either redshirted or just weren’t in athletics as a freshman, to have more years of eligibility left following graduation. If they want to continue to play, they must continue to take classes while they are playing. This isn’t really much of an issue, since I’m sure most schools will include extra classes in a players scholarship, should they be a good player and want them to keep playing.
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June 24th, 2010 at 8:05 am
no
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