Is there any rules prohibiting Division I athletes from competing for a Division III college during Grad school? I think I remember hearing that Div I athletes can't compete for Div III after graduation. If anyone knows for sure it would be great if you posted your knowledge. Much appreciated!
No.
This rule is covered by 14.1.9, which says you can only compete at the school you graduated from, in Division 3. So, this rules out ANYONE from moving from one D3 to another, or for a D1/D2 moving to D3 too.
Sorry.
Not to dismiss Pogo, but you could ask the compliance offer at the school.
you could, but they'll tell you the same thing-- if you want to compete as a grad student in DIII you need to have recieved your bachelors from that same instituition
The D3 rule is only if you don't use all 4 years of eligibility, right? Or can you have more than 4 years? just curious.
you cant. tried. no dice
you buzz-kills; I guess that they don't want to see a 24 year old mediocore D1 guy (1:51 800m, 14:20 5k or 3:49 1500m guy), go kick ass in D3 meets. (at least til Nationals)
Those times wouldn't be mediocre in D1
The rule has nothing to do with actual eligibility academically, but D3 is no different than D1 or two in that regard. You have 10 semesters of eligibility, and you can compete 4 seasons of participation per sport, no more.
Bottom line: If you have eligibility after graduation from a D3 school and want to use it in D3 the ONLY way is to use it at the school you graduated from.
did that rule just come into effect? I know someone who transferred from one DIII school to another, ran a season, transferred back to the original school to graduate, THEN entered grad school at the second school to finish out his eligibility. convoluted for sure, but it certainly goes against that rule.
Bear in mind that the DIII rule is ten semesters, *used at any time*--compared with the DI five-year-clock.
Hence it's possible for a DIII athlete to graduate, work and train for several years, and then go back to the same school and use any remaining eligibility.
If DI eligibility could transfer into grad school at a DIII, just imagine how major DIII academic universities like NYU and Chicago could benefit. *Other* people can also imagine it--that's why the rule's in place.
ummm no
that's not how it works at all.
kibitzer wrote:
Bear in mind that the DIII rule is ten semesters, *used at any time*--compared with the DI five-year-clock.
Hence it's possible for a DIII athlete to graduate, work and train for several years, and then go back to the same school and use any remaining eligibility.
If DI eligibility could transfer into grad school at a DIII, just imagine how major DIII academic universities like NYU and Chicago could benefit. *Other* people can also imagine it--that's why the rule's in place.
Actually, this is true. D3 uses a 10 semester clock. The clock is rolling if there is even part-time enrollment at ANY institution.
In D1, the clock is a 5 year clock, and does not stop rolling unless there are extraordinary circumstances (pregnancy/religious mission/armed forces service/etc).
In D3, you can graduate, go off into the world for five years, come back and enroll full time and run.
This rule is covered in 14.2.2
Thanks, Pogo. I was starting to wonder whether the DIII rule had changed, because I used to know some DIII coaches but that was like ten years ago. I knew that this was the rule then; glad it hasn't changed.
The DI rule is about *calendar* years--five calendar years from the time you start, you're done. It was in part designed to keep older guys (mostly internationals) from shutting out the American kids and from taking all the scholarships (a lot of which are funded by American taxpayers).
The DIII rule is about *school-attendance* years and was based in part on the philosophy that sports are a valuable part of one's college education (a sentiment I share, btw) and should be reasonably available to any college student. With no scholarships on the line in DIII, the ten-semester rule fits that philosophy pretty well.
So you can't even go DII or DI after graduating from a DIII college?
Wrong. You can graduate from DIII and run at DI or DII if you have time left on your clock AND at least 1 season of elig. left. However, you cannot go to any other DIII grad. school. and still compete. If you graduate from a DIII school, you can only continue to run in DIII if you have eligibility left AND you are going to grad. school at the exact same school that you graduated from.