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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/ncaa-proposing-major-changes-to-eligibility-rules-including-age-limits-121509806.html

Summary - NCAA is considering a rule that limits eligibility to 5 full years after high school graduation or 19th bday, whichever comes first. The current rule gives a 5 year clock without regard to age or year of high school graduation.

There are some exceptions for circumstances like pregnancy or military service. 
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I don't understand how this helps. My kid started kindergarten on time and is going to graduate from high school at 17 and start college at 17.  Redshirted kids will be 19 and starting college. How does this rule help?[/quote]
The clock will start at 19 or hs graduation, whichever comes first.

It removes the incentive to redshirt your kid because it will cause HS to eat into his college eligibility [/quote]
If you are redshirted, you start college at 19.  This doesn't change anything for those who are redshirted.[/quote]
It does.

It's the day you turn 19. So if you play football and have a bday from Jun to Dec and we're a holdback then you would turn 19 your senior year. This new rule would effectively take up one year of eligibility if you did this. [/quote]
Only if the kid is held back 2 years. If a kid turns five in July and is redshirted then they start kindergarten at 6 and graduate from high school at 18.  They don't turn 19 until after high school graduation.[/quote]
You're not following what is happening.

People are starting these kids late in elementary by doing a year of pre-K. So they'll turn 18 their senior year with no holdback. Then they do a reclass and are 19 for their senior season. That is what the NCAA rule is trying to address. [/quote]

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