Does anyone have experience with appealing a decision by the NCAA to forfeit a year because of prior competition?
My family is very religious and so I couldn't attend high school. I got a GED in 2006 and started running in 2008. Then in the fall of 2008 I ran in a road race in Colorado. I then enrolled in a community college for spring semester 2009 and ran there for two years. I just transferred to a D2 school for spring semester 2011.
The NCAA says I must forfeit a year because I competed more than a year after high school even though no money was accepted and I didn't even attend high school.
Anyone have any experience appealing this kind of thing? The athletic person at my school is no help.