2023 Commits. How?

[Simisoccerfan]

I have heard nothing about temporarily allowing women’s soccer to offer more than 14 scholarships. Guarantee that scholarship players that are making an impact returning for a 5th year will get a scholarship. This likely means less for incoming freshmen and cuts to other non impact players.

 

[GLangevinito]

And who funds these extra scholarship dollars?

The schools do, if they can. The same thing that has happened to the 2021 class. Many programs are honoring scholarships and have found the money. It's the 2022, 2023, and 2024 classes that will have to fight for fewer scholarships.

 

[GLangevinito]

I have heard nothing about temporarily allowing women’s soccer to offer more than 14 scholarships. Guarantee that scholarship players that are making an impact returning for a 5th year will get a scholarship. This likely means less for incoming freshmen and cuts to other non impact players.

Here's the announcement for spring athletes, following a similar announcement for fall athletes:

Division I Council extends eligibility for student-athletes impacted by COVID-19

Schools can authorize an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility
March 30, 2020 6:50pmMichelle Brutlag Hosick

The Division I Council on Monday voted to allow schools to provide spring-sport student-athletes an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility.

Members also adjusted financial aid rules to allow teams to carry more members on scholarship to account for incoming recruits and student-athletes who had been in their last year of eligibility who decide to stay. In a nod to the financial uncertainty faced by higher education, the Council vote also provided schools with the flexibility to give students the opportunity to return for 2020-21 without requiring that athletics aid be provided at the same level awarded for 2019-20. This flexibility applies only to student-athletes who would have exhausted eligibility in 2019-20.
Schools also will have the ability to use the NCAA’s Student Assistance Fund to pay for scholarships for students who take advantage of the additional eligibility flexibility in 2020-21.

 

[espola]

The schools do, if they can. The same thing that has happened to the 2021 class. Many programs are honoring scholarships and have found the money. It's the 2022, 2023, and 2024 classes that will have to fight for fewer scholarships.

This extra scholarship deal works to the benefit of rich colleges over less-rich, which was one of the abuses NCAA was formed to control.