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Or count the school year of early enrollment as one of the athletic eligibilty years. Say a 2016 recruit enrolls early in Jan. 2016: he would be eligible to compete for three years, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19. If a recruit figures on going pro in three years, good for him. But he cannot enroll early and compete for four years.

That might be harsh given that even regular recruits have 5 years to compete in 4 (i.e., a redshirt year).  I think it is reasonable to a) make an early enrollee a "counter" for the previous academic year (currently, I think an early starter can "count" for whatever scholarship year the institution wants, so if they are under 25 for the year before, the institution counts them for the earlier year).  b) Make the early enrollee use up their redshirt year, leaving them with four years to compete in four.

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Or count the school year of early enrollment as one of the athletic eligibilty years. Say a 2016 recruit enrolls early in Jan. 2016: he would be eligible to compete for three years, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19. If a recruit figures on going pro in three years, good for him. But he cannot enroll early and compete for four years.

That might be harsh given that even regular recruits have 5 years to compete in 4 (i.e., a redshirt year).  I think it is reasonable to a) make an early enrollee a "counter" for the previous academic year (currently, I think an early starter can "count" for whatever scholarship year the institution wants, so if they are under 25 for the year before, the institution counts them for the earlier year).  b) Make the early enrollee use up their redshirt year, leaving them with four years to compete in four.

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