The NCAA made its first move in response to the recent Diego Pavia case.
Pavia recently sued the NCAA, arguing that because he played two seasons of JUCO football, he hasn’t exhausted the NCAA’s eligibility limits. The courts agreed with him, granting him an injunction, resulting in an additional year of eligibility for him. Following that decision, those around the game thought that this would result in many lawsuits from former JUCO players looking for more eligibility. Prior to those rolling in, the NCAA made its first move on Monday.
“The NCAA filed notice of appeal in the court’s ruling in the Pavia case,” according to a press release from the NCAA. “The NCAA Division I Board of Directors granted a waiver to permit student-athletes who attended and competed at a non-NCAA school for one or more years to remain eligible and compete in 2025-26 if those student-athletes would have otherwise used their final season of competition during the 2025-26 academic year, and meet all other eligibility requirements (e.g., progress toward degree, five-year period of eligibility.”
Now, as identified in the paragraph above, players who competed for non-NCAA schools in the past and were set to run out of eligibility this year will be able to compete in the 2025-26 season.
