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NCAA Approves Empire 8 Eligibility Blanket Waiver Concept for Division III

ROCHESTER, NY- On July 9, the Division III Administrative Committee approved two recommendations from the Division III Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, both concepts were originally crafted and proposed by the Empire 8. The first is to provide a blanket waiver for student-athletes in all sports whose team is unable to complete 50% or less than that sports maximum contests for the season allowing student-athletes to retain that year of eligibility.  The second is a blanket waiver to automatically extend a student-athletes 10 semester/15 quarter eligibility clock should their team not meet the 50% threshold. The Empire 8's original blanket waiver concept called for a threshold of 70% or fewer of a sports maximum contests. Upon review, the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee felt 50% was an appropriate standard and the Division III Administrative Committee ultimately supported that revision of the Empire 8 concept.