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Well everyone, it seems as if I am in a little bit of a situation here. I am a red-shirted junior who is about to graduate with a business degree at the end of the spring semester. With the one year of athletic eligibility I originally planned to pursue an MBA at a different school (my current college doesn't offer one) while playing my final year of eligibility. However, I was not aware of the NAIA and NCAA rules that state that once I graduate I can only play the next year at the school I graduated from. Most of the other coaches that I spoke to were also unaware of these rules...so it turns out that as of now I have no place to play next year.

Does anyone know of universities that offer an MBA and also have a top-notch club baseball program?

I know that Colorado State has a great club team, however, their MBA program requires 4 years of work experience in order to gain admission.
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I think you may be mistaken. I found this on the NCAA site

Graduate Student Eligibility
A student-athlete who is enrolled in a graduate or professional school of the college or university which he/she previously attended as an undergraduate student may participate in intercollegiate athletics, provided he/she has eligibility remaining and is within five calendar years of initial full-time collegiate enrollment for Division I and within the first ten full-time semesters of collegiate enrollment for Divisions II and III.

A student-athlete who has eligibility remaining and is within the specified five-year or ten-semester period also may participate while enrolled in a graduate or professional school at a Division I or II college or university other than the institution at which he/she completed an undergraduate degree, provided he/she meets the criteria of the one-time transfer exception to the general transfer residence requirement. That exception is as follows:

The student-athlete must be seeking to participate in a sport other than Division I football, basketball and men's ice hockey, except that a student-athlete who seeks to participate in Division I-AA football may use this exception only if transferring from a Division I-A program.
The student-athlete may not have transferred previously from another four-year institution unless he/she transferred previously and received an exception to the transfer residence requirement because his/her institution either discontinued the sport or did not sponsor the sport in which the student-athlete is a participant.
The student must have been in good academic standing and eligible to compete had he/she decided to remain at the previous institution.
The student-athlete's previous institution must certify in writing that it has no objection to the student-athlete being granted an exception to the transfer residence requirement.
Las Vegas Player;

Next December we are traveling to Australia with our '23 and under'USA team. Several players will be seniors, who desire to continue their baseball and education in the land "down under'.

Our USA teams will play the pro STATE teams in Adelaide and Perth. CHINA WILL SEND A TEAM!

If you have interest, please open our web site <www.goodwillseries.org>

Bob Williams

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