If anyone can point me to an example where the NCAA has granted this waiver where the Covid season is the one being given back, I will happily revise my view.
But it's the exact same scenario as Tommy DeVito, whose waiver was denied.
A bit of googling also indicates a Notre Dame WBB waiver who opted out of 2020-21 due to Covid concerns, tried to apply for a waiver to get that year back, and was denied.
Best wishes in her professional career.
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Nobody can get the eligibility they lost in 2020-21 back, because nobody lost any eligibility in 2020-21. The clock did not run.
If Xavier Johnson can get 6 years. I don't see why Domask cannot.
The year Xavier Johnson suffered a season ending injury was not the Covid season. Open-and-shut medical redshirt. It's his 6th season, but only his 5th against the eligibility clock. The clock did not run in 2020-21.
Jalen Coleman-Lands was the same situation.
I also found this about Cam Spencer at UConn who has the same thing as Domask. 5th year player who was injured in 2020-21:
Spencer looked into remaining a dog — a Husky — beyond this season. He played just five games as a Loyola sophomore in 2020-21 after returning from hip surgery and recently appealed to the NCAA for a waiver to return to UConn for as a sixth-year graduate student in 2024-25. The request was denied by the NCAA, which had already granted an extra year of eligibility to any players on rosters that season, due to complications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spencer, in short, won’t be allowed to double-dip. So the calendar’s turn to March marks his one and only shot to win on college's big stage, which would mean putting UConn in position to make history.
Spencer, who transferred from Rutgers, has found the perfect landing spot on the Huskies basketball team. He will make his NCAA Tournament debut this season.
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