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per USA Today:
Wisconsin will not allow student-athletes in their senior years whose spring seasons were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic to regain that lost eligibility and return for the 2020-21 academic year, athletics director Barry Alvarez said.
Last month, the NCAA approved adding a year of eligibility to spring student-athletes but left the decision of whether to sponsor that added season up to member universities. Wisconsin is the first to play football on the Bowl Subdivision level to issue a blanket denial to all current seniors, though Louisiana Tech announced this week that it would only honor an added year of eligibility for baseball and softball players.
"What we tried to do was encourage our seniors to go ahead and, if you're going to graduate, graduate and move on with your life," Alvarez said. "We appreciate everything that you've done. But move forward. The future is in question, and we can't promise you anything."
Go Gophers!!
Wisconsin will not allow student-athletes in their senior years whose spring seasons were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic to regain that lost eligibility and return for the 2020-21 academic year, athletics director Barry Alvarez said.
Last month, the NCAA approved adding a year of eligibility to spring student-athletes but left the decision of whether to sponsor that added season up to member universities. Wisconsin is the first to play football on the Bowl Subdivision level to issue a blanket denial to all current seniors, though Louisiana Tech announced this week that it would only honor an added year of eligibility for baseball and softball players.
"What we tried to do was encourage our seniors to go ahead and, if you're going to graduate, graduate and move on with your life," Alvarez said. "We appreciate everything that you've done. But move forward. The future is in question, and we can't promise you anything."
Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez says seniors in spring sports won't return in 2021
Athletics director Barry Alvarez says Wisconsin Badgers have been told to graduate and move on because of financial constraints the university faces.
www.usatoday.com
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