5 years of Eligibility for the FCS?

The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is sponsoring legislation to the NCAA that would give football players in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) five years of eligibility.

Kathleen Batterson, senior associate commissioner of the CAA said the league has until July 15 to submit the proposal. It then would come under review by a NCAA subcommittee, and probably would be reviewed at the NCAA legislative council meeting Oct. 17-18. It could then be presented to the NCAA's annual convention Jan. 11-12 and could be adopted by the NCAA board of directors Jan. 14, 2012. The CAA would like to see the new rule put into effect on Aug. 1, 2012.

Under the current system, players have five years to play four seasons. The five-year rule would not include the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), as the belief is that with FBS teams having 85 scholarships (opposed to the FCS's 63), there is no need for the five-year rule at the FBS level.

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