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The NCAA announced Thursday that Division III athletes will not be charged a year of eligibility this academic year, even if they compete for their schools. The COVID-19 pandemic has already led to the cancellation of fall sports at almost all Maine colleges. The New England Small College Athletic Conference, which includes Maine schools Bowdoin, Colby and Bates, has already called off winter sports. For schools that are still planning to play this winter, the schedule will start later than usual and there will be fewer games with a much more regionalized format to reduce travel. Husson University women’s basketball coach Kissy Walker said giving the student-athletes a blanket waiver was definitely the right thing to do. “I would never tell a [graduating senior] to come back just for the basketball piece of it.