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DALaxDad wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:43 pm On an unrelated topic, I am sick of the ear wax commercials.

PicLax wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:30 pm So is Sowers’ withdrawal an indication that Ivy’s will allow a 5th year? Or is the caveat of not having achieved graduate status a way around it?

Mid-Lax wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:11 pm

PicLax wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:30 pm So is Sowers’ withdrawal an indication that Ivy’s will allow a 5th year? Or is the caveat of not having achieved graduate status a way around it?

Historical no, essentially he can say he did not attend the university during his fourth year spring semester and petition to play the following spring year. This situation is typically granted in injury situations. I assume Sowers will petition with COVID-19 as an injury-like situation. So, yes, it is a way around the rule (as pointed out, Pannell waited right up to the almost the end of the semester to make his decision them withdrew - think I remember it was a leg injury that didn't heal fast enough).

So, his parents, scholarship, someone is eating the cost of the extra spring semester. It's doubtful the doubtful the school will give any money back.

However, the Ivy League needs to grant the fifth year to all student athletes! The rule is antiquated. Change it for 2020, change it going forward.

Sting The Corner wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:30 pm We should assume if 5th year is granted 2020 Seniors would not be on campus or allowed to participate in team events in the Fall?

thetruth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:36 pm I'd imagine Sowers probably got insight in to how the Ivies are going to rule from the Princeton AD because you don't withdraw from Princeton based on a hunch. It looks like he's withdrawing for this term and will not re-enroll until the next spring term and is expecting to get the extra year of eligibility from the league consistent with what the NCAA is ruling and I'm sure he has good intelligence there. However, based on what Sowers is doing, it doesn't appear the league is going to provide a grad year or 5th year option (otherwise he wouldn't withdraw). It seems that if you want your final year of athletic eligibility in the Ivies then you will need to withdraw from school until the final term of next year if you are a senior. Which is the way it works now.
Technically, this also means you aren't supposed to practicing with the team in the fall/winter term. Same thing Pannell did.

calourie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:59 pm If the Sowers precedent is allowed (which I bet it will be) the financial aid part of the equation will be a factor for others thinking along the same lines. I imagine that will be determined by the individual schools. In the event a number are looking to pursue the withdrawal route, I imagine it would provide a bit of soul searching on the part of the financial administrators and coaches involved. Would non-superstars be accorded equal treatment ? Would non athletes ? Interesting times for everyone particularly with the virus still spreading. Most of us will get through this sometime this year, and then things should get substantially clearer. Good luck and good health to all in the meantime.

Mr. Webber wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:01 pm Just reported via Twitter by Mike Jensen, an excellent college sports columnist/reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer (and a Princeton grad, I think):

"Just in: Ivy League says no to changing rules to help spring-sport athletes graduate and play next year."