Question on Eligibility Years

Where is 3FingerGlove??? He's been the resident NCAA "rules man".

Year #1- freshman year at JC?... did you play baseball there?

Year # 2 - Soph year transferred to school #2 a D3 practiced but never played

Year # 3 at a D2 at present time, are you on the team? Roster?

Year #4 next year you want to transfer to another D2?

 

just to clarify, I wasn't clear on everything. Is the 4th year D2 in the same conference? Sometimes your present coach has to release you. I've seen kids go D2 to D2 without sitting a year. But I don't know where you stand on eligibility years.

@ mmm1531

 

Year # 1: Freshman year played at JC.

Year # 2: transferred to D3 school. Practiced for half the year but did not play

 

 I was wondering if I lost eligibility during that 2nd year even though I didn't play? I want to transfer to a D2 school but do i have to sit out because I went to a D3 school and was part of the team?

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GMNY,

I'll assume that you are about to start year 3 of college, and are considering transferring to a D2.  So the rules in the D2 Manual apply.  Rule 14.2 tells us that a player can have maximum of 4 seasons of competition.  It appears that you have used one season of competition (year #1), and didn't compete in year #2.  A player's eligibility is also used up when he finishes 10 full time semesters or 15 full time quarter.  Probably you have used 4 full time semesters or 6 quarters, so you have 6 full time semesters remaining.  In principle you have 3 seasons of competition remaining and 3 years of full time enrollment left. 

 

In transferring to the D2, you may take advantage of the one time exception to the requirement for a year of residency. (14.5.5.3.9)  So you can be eligible for baseball immediately, assuming your grades are OK, the D3 releases you, and you haven't had any disciplinary problems. 

3fingeredglove,

Will I also have three years of eligibility if I transfer to another D3 school? Or just D2?

The D3 rule is more involved because they count seasons of participation rather than seasons of competition, And there are quite a few exceptions.  For baseball, if you didn't practice with the team any time after the first spring game, then you would still have 3 seasons of eligibility.  Based on your description, I doubt that anyone was keeping exact track of when you last practiced with the team.