Skyin' Brian wrote:isnt there some limit to the time frame where eligibility gets used up. if you graduate hs in 2001 and enroll in college in the fall, then i believe that you have 10 semesters to use up your eligibility that start once you start school. that would mean that if even though you are a "freshman" outdoors since you already missed 2 years you could only compete for 3 years so when your eligibility expires you would be a 5th year junior and never have a "senior" season outdoors.
of course i'm not exactly sure what the rules are and people can always petition the ncaa for anything it seems
In the NCAA you have 5 years to use your eligibility once you start school. If you take a year off, your clock is still ticking. I am not sure how all those Mormon guys do it... maybe they get a waiver. Most people who get a 6th year in the NCAA got a medical redshirt.
In the NAIA you have 10 semesters. And they don't have age restrictions. And they don't drug test. And they don't do a lot of other things *shrug*