What about the incoming 2021 class?
There is a pretty special 2021 recruiting class coming in for Ohio State, and the silver lining in a move to a spring season for them is that it appears they may be able to get the benefit of two so-called seasons in one calendar year.
And right now, the way the NCAA rules read, one year of eligibility consists of one calendar year. So yeah, unless there is further clarification or recommendations that come down, the four-and five-star recruits coming in for any team that holds a season after January could get a two-for-one deal.
Playing two seasons in one year of eligibility? It could happen in the Big Ten and Pac-12 https://t.co/1pC5gUEV6k
— Buckeyes Wire (@BuckeyesWire) August 12, 2020
We’ll have to see where the discussions go with this, but Day said that incoming recruits are pretty excited about this possibility. Not all would get on the field, but that’s the case anyway. The kids would still get to enjoy a real, live big-time game environment immediately instead of grinding through workouts in some pretty miserable weather conditions.