CAA Proposes Fifth Year of Eligibility

CAA Backs Fifth Year Plan for FCS Football

The CAA appears to be proposing a legislative proposal for this fall that would allow FCS Football student-athlete's to play in a five for five scenario.  It is an interesting proposal, said to combat the fewer number of scholarship athlete's on an FCS team, and the often difficult decision coaches may face when redshirting a student versus saving the year and playing a walk-on.  There appears to be built in provisions for FBS students looking to transfer down for a fifth year; it appears that a student would need to spend at least two years at the FCS school to qualify, at least as the proposal is said to be written. Given that FCS and FBS votes are now separate, it could play out differently that it would have in the past.  Currently, there are sport specific rules for financial aid, recruiting and academic eligibility, but it is hard to imagine a sport specific rule for athletic eligibility.  NCAA eligibility at all levels has been built on the four years of eligibility model and this would mark a radical change from that point of view.  Maybe we will learn more about this as we head towards the fall legislative cycle.

Coaching Exam Dates

We have now set dates and times for the annual NCAA coaching exam.  I will post a sign-up sheet in the Compliance Office, just to help gauge how many people will be showing up at each date.  I would really like to stick with these three dates, but if it is absolutely necessary to add more dates we can do so.

Wednesday June 8^th     1:00 – 2:00PM

Wednesday June 22^nd   8:00 – 9:00AM

Wednesday July 13^th     8:00 – 9:00AM

All exams will be in the computer lab at the South LAC building.

This year’s test is 30 questions, with 24 of 30 being the lowest passing score.  The time limit has also been adjusted to 60 minutes maximum.

The Compliance Office will bring copies of the new legislation and the NCAA manual for you to use.  Please try to be on-time to the session you are attending, we will go over instructions and log-in information at the start of the session.