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Subject: Re: Ivy FB 30 years later

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Date Posted: 15:01:46 06/18/24 Tue
In reply to: RedWin 's message, "Re: Ivy FB 30 years later" on 13:56:32 06/18/24 Tue

I hear what you're saying and your suggestion is well-intentioned but, if you let players stick around for a fifth season, you'lll just keep more guys on the bench for their sophomore year. The issue isn't four years or five years. It's that we have rosters of 100-120 guys and only 11 can be on the field at once.

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[> [> [> Subject: 5th Year ?

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ivy guy
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Date Posted: 07:30:13 06/19/24 Wed

Q: Has the Ivy League adopted a fifth year of eligibility?
(a serious non-contentious question).

I understood that IL football athletes had to be non-degreed undergraduates and were limited to four playing seasons.

The work-around every school has used (for years) is for seniors who missed a season due to injury or lack-of-playing-time to disenroll in their final Spring semester, thus creating the "phantom 5th year".

I did not think that the League had formally changed the rules except for the Covid years.

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 5th Year ?
Author: Lurker [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:54:07 06/19/24 Wed Absent the covid year exception, I believe there must be a documented injury to be eligible for 5 th year. Lack of playing time will not do it Surprised (well not really) no one in IL office documents and celebrates all the successes of IL grad transfers in FBS football