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NCAA Grants Virginia Football Players Extra Year of Eligibility

Editors’ note: This story contains details of a mass shooting and gun violence.

Virginia announced Wednesday that the NCAA will allow players whose college eligibility lapsed after the 2022 season to earn an extra year of playing time.

Carla Williams, the Cavaliers’ athletic director, confirmed the NCAA’s decision, according to The Daily Progress. The NCAA’s decision comes in response to an on-campus shooting that killed wide receivers Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler and linebacker D’Sean Perry and injured two other students. 

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