Remaining NCAA college eligibility

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7 years ago 09/28/2016 3:37pm EDT

Okay I need some help as far as eligibility goes.

I went to a D2 4 year university for cross country in 2014 and ran one season of xc and that's it for the 2014-2015 season, we didn't offer track and field as a sport then. Then the following year, I ran xc for the 2015 season but transferred at the end of the fall semester. That school now has a track program and started in the spring of 2016, which I did not compete in because I was not at the school. Now this is 2016 fall, I am debating on running at another school, I am not competing for a school this 2016 xc season but am going to a local community college, but am thinking about transferring to that other school in the spring of 2017, which is also D2. How many years of track and xc eligibility do I have left?

It's tricky, I know..

7 years ago 09/28/2016 7:29pm EDT

re: Help a guy out

Help a guy out wrote:
Okay I need some help as far as eligibility goes.
I went to a D2 4 year university for cross country in 2014 and ran one season of xc and that's it for the 2014-2015 season, we didn't offer track and field as a sport then. Then the following year, I ran xc for the 2015 season but transferred at the end of the fall semester. That school now has a track program and started in the spring of 2016, which I did not compete in because I was not at the school. Now this is 2016 fall, I am debating on running at another school, I am not competing for a school this 2016 xc season but am going to a local community college, but am thinking about transferring to that other school in the spring of 2017, which is also D2. How many years of track and xc eligibility do I have left?
It's tricky, I know..

Assuming you were a full time student every semester since 2014 you would have used 5 semesters of your 10 available. You have 4 years to compete in XC, Indoor, and Outdoor (each sport holds its own eligibility) so 2014 XC season, 2015 XC season, and 2016 XC season you have 2 more XC seasons, however if you have competed in each of the 3 seasons then you only have 1 season plus 1 redshirt season. 2014-2015 indoor and 2015-2016 indoor are the seasons that you have been a student you have used your red shirt if you did not compete therefore you have 3 more indoor seasons, the same goes for outdoor.

7 years ago 09/28/2016 8:48pm EDT

re: Help a guy out

You have 5 years to use 4 for each of the 3 seasons once you enroll full time. You only get 1 redshirt year per season.

If you ran 2014 and 2015 XC but are not running 2016 XC then you will still have eligibility for 2017 and 2018 XC. That will be the end of your 5 year window.

If you did not run 2015 or 2016 indoor or outdoor track, then you will only "get back" one of those seasons. Therefore you will be eligible to compete during the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. That will be the end of your 5 year window.

After 2019 outdoor you will have no eligibility left unless you have some extremely extenuating circumstance that prompts the NCAA to grant you a 6th year of eligibility. This is very rare and to my understanding "transferring a lot of times and going to a school that didn't offer your sport" would not fall under this umbrella. (Think pregnancy, medical emergency, etc.)

7 years ago 09/28/2016 9:27pm EDT

re: 5yrs to finish 4

The first answer was correct you are giving the rules for division 1 not division 2

In division 2 you get ten semesters not five years any time off or time as a part time student does not count against the ten semesters

7 years ago 09/29/2016 7:17am EDT

re: Help a guy out

I started as a full-time student but at the semester of last spring and this fall, I dropped to 9 (in the spring) and 6 (this fall). Just words of advice people, online classes are very easy to get behind in... How does that affect my eligibility. Oh, and the college that I was attending was D2 as well. So it was like I am transferring from a D2 to a D2. Thanks.

7 years ago 09/29/2016 8:01am EDT

re: Help a guy out

Help a guy out wrote:
I started as a full-time student but at the semester of last spring and this fall, I dropped to 9 (in the spring) and 6 (this fall). Just words of advice people, online classes are very easy to get behind in... How does that affect my eligibility. Oh, and the college that I was attending was D2 as well. So it was like I am transferring from a D2 to a D2. Thanks.

In DII eligibility is based on full-time semesters so you were not a full time student in the spring or fall so those semesters do not count towards your remaining eligibility. If you failed out of classes that is where you could run into some trouble, if you are really serious I recommend calling the NCAA compliance office and getting a firm answer from them.

7 years ago 09/29/2016 5:22pm EDT

re: Running on Empty

Best answer is to contact someone in compliance, either at the NCAA or the D2 school you are looking to transfer to in the future.

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