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NJCAA Convention Eyes Redshirt Rule Change to Match NCAA Standards

Apr 14, 2025, 1:29 PM

NJCAA coaches push for redshirt rule reform at 2025 convention, seeking fairness with NCAA eligibility standards for junior college football players.

NJCAA Convention Eyes Redshirt Rule Change to Match NCAA Standards

The 2025 NJCAA Convention got underway in Denton on Sunday and begins in earnest today. However, the college football world will focus on a meeting of the Division I and III football committees at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. 

In March, the CEO of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Carol Bruggeman, sent a letter to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Division I Council on behalf of 16 different associations, containing five areas where the standards for eligibility differed between the NCAA and NJCAA. The NJCAA subsequently began a ‘Same Game Same Rule’ campaign to place pressure on the NCAA.

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