Hey everybody, I am currently running for a division one program and have a year of eligibility remaining after I graduate. I am interested in running collegiately one year at a Division 3 graduate school. Is it possible to do this? Or would I loose that fifth year due to transfer rules?
this is a concept that way too few D1 guys going to grad school don't know, you MUST SIT OUT 1 YEAR TRANSFERRING D1 to D3.
I am actually graduating with a BS in Econ. Is it any different for graduates rather than mid-degree transfers.
dIII runner wrote:
this is a concept that way too few D1 guys going to grad school don't know, you MUST SIT OUT 1 YEAR TRANSFERRING D1 to D3.
No...
BigZen wrote:
Hey everybody, I am currently running for a division one program and have a year of eligibility remaining after I graduate. I am interested in running collegiately one year at a Division 3 graduate school. Is it possible to do this? Or would I loose that fifth year due to transfer rules?
...and no.
And how will you "loose" a fifth year?
BigZen wrote:
Hey everybody, I am currently running for a division one program and have a year of eligibility remaining after I graduate. I am interested in running collegiately one year at a Division 3 graduate school. Is it possible to do this?
Though I could be wrong, I'm pretty sure that the only way you can compete whilst a grad student at a DIII college is by having taken your undergrad degree there.
Otherwise, NYU and other UAA schools, with their large and highly-ranked graduate schools, would get a bunch of ringers every year.
kibitzer wrote:
Though I could be wrong, I'm pretty sure that the only way you can compete whilst a grad student at a DIII college is by having taken your undergrad degree there.
fact.
BigZen wrote:
...and no.
And how will you "loose" a fifth year?
by having the one red shirt year remaining and having the five year clock starting when I was a freshman.
BigZen wrote:
by having the one red shirt year remaining and having the five year clock starting when I was a freshman.
Any time I try to quote with IE 8, bad things happen.
In the D3 world, when you graduate this spring, you will have ZERO eligibility, because your redshirt year doesn't mean jack to D3.
As is mentioned, and I will REAFFIRM with ALL CAPS so you get it...
The ONLY WAY you can run in D3 after you GRADUATE from undergrad, is if you GRADUATED FROM THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
You CANNOT, under ANY circumstances graduate from a D1, D2, or NAIA school and then run at a D3.
This is totally regardless of your eligibility and how many semesters or days or years or whatever, you will not be able to run.
Besides, why would you want to, being a big, bad D1 runner move down to the world of Baby Running?
Thanks I get it now, there are just an s-load of D3 schools within a trainride of my hometown(outside of NYC), and I don't think I would have too much of a problem running on D3 guys for a year lol.