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On Aug 7, 13:20, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>I recall hearing on TV during a BYU football game that there is some rule
>that allows for a certain period of service which allows their recruits to
>go on those mormon missions, yet still come back for four years after
>that. Maybe that applies here in some cases.
This is a different rule, referring to the length of time you have to use up
your four years of eligibility. Unless there have been some changes, a college
athlete has five years (from the date of matriculation?) to use up his/her four
years of eligibility -- hence, the "redshirts" who burn a year (usually their
freshman year) and can still play a full four seasons -- but there are two NCAA-
approved circumstances in which the time allotment can be increased to seven
years. The first is the situation Nathan mentioned above; students who go on
religious "missions" (and as far as I know, Mormon students are the only ones
who regularly do so, though the rule is not restricted to them) can increase the
five-year clock to seven. And yes, it's been said that this gives BYU the
"advantage" of populating their teams with 25-year-old seniors. The other
situation in which this rule kicks in, I believe, is military service.
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