Comment on UMaine coaches must adjust after NCAA Division I grants winter athletes an extra year of eligibility

Division I winter sports athletes who compete this season will receive an additional season of eligibility and an additional year in which to complete it. Competition during the 2020-21 winter season will not count toward the NCAA’s eight-semester, five-year eligibility limits for scholarship athletes. The decision was made by the NCAA Division I Council, which provided the same blanket waiver previously approved for athletes competing in spring sports and fall sports for 2020. Spring sports were canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic and many schools have canceled their fall seasons.