Graduating early

[JayJ79]

There are some senior football players that are on track to graduate in December (i.e. after fall semester), as I'm sure there are every year in various schools.

My question is, with the Championship game being moved to January in a few years,
would players no longer be able to graduate at semester like that and still play in the game?

How does it work for the other subdivision with their bowl games in that regard?
I think I've heard of kids becoming ineligible to play in the bowl game because their fall semester grades were too bad. But it would they really punish someone for graduating?

[TH1974]

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I'd guess there's a way to make it work somehow.

[Khan4Cats]

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I think they are eligible. Baseball and Softball have their national championships in June, which is after many schools hold commencements. The seniors on those teams are eligible.

[JayJ79]

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Perhaps once the NC game gets moved, UNI will have to offer a "January term" or something for players to enroll in.

[jegbomb52]

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All regular season play must be over by the time the semester ends, see in baseball and softball where there last games are always the day of graduation (I believe) if you graduate that same semester you are still eligible for post season play.

If a student does not need 12 credits, they do not need to take 12 credits to be eligible. The NCAA will grant you eligibility if you can show a graduation play (provided by the University) that shows you only need 6 credits to graduate. Some seniors that are on a 4 1/2 year plan will save a 6 hour internship to take during their senior year of football.

You may also enroll in Graduate Studies under your scholarship. The smart ones always do, man I wish I could go back in time.

[JayJ79]

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Thanks Jeg, that answers my question.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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All regular season play must be over by the time the semester ends, see in baseball and softball where there last games are always the day of graduation (I believe) if you graduate that same semester you are still eligible for post season play.

If a student does not need 12 credits, they do not need to take 12 credits to be eligible. The NCAA will grant you eligibility if you can show a graduation play (provided by the University) that shows you only need 6 credits to graduate. Some seniors that are on a 4 1/2 year plan will save a 6 hour internship to take during their senior year of football.

You may also enroll in Graduate Studies under your scholarship. The smart ones always do, man I wish I could go back in time.

I thought I read somewhere that Cory Lewis was only taking one class this semester.

[Purrrrrfect]

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What did he send you his schedule

[jegbomb52]

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It could be one class, a six hour internship. It is very common. I know of the seven guys that graduated in December that I played football with, 3 of them were taking a six hour internship with John Deere and the other one was enrolled in Grad School (BA and MA in 5 years, wow. And he was an all american)

[themick]

Re: Graduating early

All regular season play must be over by the time the semester ends, see in baseball and softball where there last games are always the day of graduation (I believe) if you graduate that same semester you are still eligible for post season play.

If a student does not need 12 credits, they do not need to take 12 credits to be eligible. The NCAA will grant you eligibility if you can show a graduation play (provided by the University) that shows you only need 6 credits to graduate. Some seniors that are on a 4 1/2 year plan will save a 6 hour internship to take during their senior year of football.

You may also enroll in Graduate Studies under your scholarship. The smart ones always do, man I wish I could go back in time.

I don't know the exact rules but baseball regular season extends at least two weeks after UNI graduation

[jegbomb52]

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I don't know the exact rules but baseball regular season extends at least two weeks after UNI graduation

Your right, graduation last year was on 5/10, last baseball game was that Friday 5/16. My bad, I know it has something to do with it, just not sure what.

[dan_beeding]

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I seem to remember much ado about Matt Leinart's Ballroom Dancing semester a few years back. Or am I making that up?

[Panther-at-Arms]

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What did he send you his schedule

No. It was in the paper.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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Yeah Matt Leinart took one class and it was ballroom dancing his last semester.

[Khan4Cats]

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Yeah Matt Leinart took one class and it was ballroom dancing his last semester.

Well, maybe he can beat out Warner on Dancing with the Stars then.