Provided is a list of all relevant information regarding NCAA rulings on Spring sports, and answers to frequently asked questions:

All Spring student-athletes received a season-of-competition waiver.

Extension of eligibility is only granted to those who would have exhausted their eligibility this spring.

Question: What is a season of competition waiver?
Answer: A season of competition waiver restores a used season in extreme circumstances.

Question: What is an extension of eligibility waiver?
Answer: An extension of eligibility waiver extends the 10 semester/15 quarter window in which a student-athlete may compete.

Question: Will relief be granted to student-athletes for use of a season of competition due to the season being canceled?
Answer: The institution may self-apply a season of competition waiver for student-athletes whose 2019-20 spring season was canceled, provided all of the following criteria are met: (1) The student-athlete used a season of competition in a spring sport during the 2019-20 academic year; (2) The student-athlete was eligible for competition when he or she competed during the 2019-20 academic year; and (3) The student-athlete's season was ultimately canceled for reasons related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Question: May an institution utilize the self-applied season of competition waiver for sports such as Golf and Tennis who use alternate playing seasons where the conference championship occurs in the fall and the NCAA championship occurs in the spring?
Answer: Yes. Golf and Tennis are considered spring sports for NCAA championship purposes.

Question: May an institution utilize the self-applied season of competition waiver for student-athletes that participated in Acrobatics and Tumbling during the 2019-20 academic year?
Answer: The institution must follow the rules of the applicable governing body.
*NCATA – Acrobatics and Tumbling's governing body issued a statement that they were following all NCAA guidelines, so student-athletes will receive a season of competition back*

Question: Does the self-applied extension of eligibility waiver apply to all student-athletes or only those who would have exhausted their eligibility after the 2020 spring term?
Answer: The waiver is only for those individuals who would have exhausted their eligibility after the 2020 spring term.
*Everyone else will need to submit a waiver to the NCAA (so any freshman, sophomores or juniors that might need one in the future)*

Question: Does the self-applied extension of eligibility waiver apply to spring sport student-athletes who previously received an approved extension waiver?
Answer: Yes.

Question: Is a student-athlete required to enroll in the 2020 fall term to utilize the self-applied extension of eligibility waiver?
Answer: No. The Administrative Committee issued a blanket waiver on March 18, 2020, to permit a student-athlete to enroll at any point during the 2020-21 academic year.

*All information in this article was provided by the Compliance Office of West Virginia Wesleyan Athletics (hinton.j@wvwc.edu)