Sorry to the rest of the board...
PS85, I saw a post on another board, and am not able to find it...here's the answer you were searching for, re. the rules around the 5-year clock;
For D1, the rulebook starts out with the following, “For purposes of starting the count of time under the five-year rule, a student-athlete shall be considered registered at a collegiate institution when the student-athlete initially registers in a regular term (semester or quarter) of an academic year for a minimum full-time program of studies, as determined by the institution, and attends the student’s first day of classes for that term.”
That’s followed by a few exceptions (Service Exception [includes missions], Pregnancy Exception, or an Athletics Activities Waiver [Olympics, World Cup, Pan Am Games, etc., etc.]). These all pause the clock.
Then the part that is most misunderstood, and that is the Delayed Enrollment language, which basically allows the student-athlete a one year period AFTER High School before enrolling full-time, and starting the clock. After that one year, the following language for wrestling kicks in, “The student-athlete shall be charged with a season of intercollegiate eligibility for each calendar year after the one-year time period (the next opportunity to enroll after one calendar year has elapsed)” referring to the one year Delayed Enrollment.
Of course, this is the NCAA we’re discussing, and there are waivers to the rules...like the 55-year old running back at Georgia State University in 2016, who was cleared by the NCAA to play.
So, bottom line...the 5-year clock starts when you enroll full-time, but you must do that no later than 1 year after High School unless one of the exceptions is used.
PS85, I saw a post on another board, and am not able to find it...here's the answer you were searching for, re. the rules around the 5-year clock;
For D1, the rulebook starts out with the following, “For purposes of starting the count of time under the five-year rule, a student-athlete shall be considered registered at a collegiate institution when the student-athlete initially registers in a regular term (semester or quarter) of an academic year for a minimum full-time program of studies, as determined by the institution, and attends the student’s first day of classes for that term.”
That’s followed by a few exceptions (Service Exception [includes missions], Pregnancy Exception, or an Athletics Activities Waiver [Olympics, World Cup, Pan Am Games, etc., etc.]). These all pause the clock.
Then the part that is most misunderstood, and that is the Delayed Enrollment language, which basically allows the student-athlete a one year period AFTER High School before enrolling full-time, and starting the clock. After that one year, the following language for wrestling kicks in, “The student-athlete shall be charged with a season of intercollegiate eligibility for each calendar year after the one-year time period (the next opportunity to enroll after one calendar year has elapsed)” referring to the one year Delayed Enrollment.
Of course, this is the NCAA we’re discussing, and there are waivers to the rules...like the 55-year old running back at Georgia State University in 2016, who was cleared by the NCAA to play.
So, bottom line...the 5-year clock starts when you enroll full-time, but you must do that no later than 1 year after High School unless one of the exceptions is used.
