NCAA rejects James Madison soccer’s postseason eligibility waiver request: studies

The NCAA Division I Board Administration Committee has denied James Madison soccer’s second waiver request searching for full bowl eligibility for the 10-0 soccer staff, in response to ESPN.

Jacksonville State and Tarleton State had been additionally reportedly denied full postseason eligibility. James Madison and Jacksonville State are each within the necessary two-year transition interval after they made the soar from the NCAA Division I Soccer Championship Subdivision degree to the very best degree of faculty soccer, the FBS.

Tarleton State performs within the FCS after shifting up from the Division II ranks. The Dukes are ranked within the newest AP Prime 25 ballot. Faculty officers expressed disappointment over the NCAA’s newest rejection.

“We’re clearly upset within the final result of the NCAA’s evaluate of our request for bowl reduction,” the college stated in an announcement Wednesday. “We’re saddened for our college neighborhood and, particularly, we’re devastated for our soccer program, the coaches and student-athletes who’ve orchestrated a tremendous season and earned the chance.

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James Madison Dukes helmets on the sideline in the course of the first half of the NCAA Division I FCS soccer championship quarterfinal recreation between the James Madison Dukes and the North Dakota Combating Hawks at Bridgeforth Stadium Could 2, 2021, in Harrisonburg, Va.  (Scott Taetsch/Getty Photographs)

Earlier this month, faculty officers delivered a letter to the NCAA requesting full postseason eligibility. Copies of the letter posted to social media confirmed James Madison argued the Dukes would have an opportunity to play in a New 12 months’s Six bowl if the staff completed with a 12-0 file.

“The membership acknowledges postseason participation as a basic component of the student-athlete expertise,” the letter acknowledged. 

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The Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl are the FBS bowl video games that make up the New 12 months’s Six bowls. James Madison has not been included within the Faculty Soccer Playoff choice committee’s weekly rankings because the staff shouldn’t be bowl eligible. 

This week, the college stated it is going to now shift its focus to its final dwelling recreation of the season in opposition to Appalachian State.

James Madison quarterback Jordan McCloud throws a cross in opposition to Utah State in the course of the first half of a recreation Sept. 23, 2023, in Logan, Utah.  (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal by way of AP)

“As we flip the web page, we have now an unimaginable week lined up with ‘Faculty GameDay’ right here and our closing dwelling recreation, so we’re centered on maximizing these moments for our college and celebrating our senior class.”

The Dukes shut out the common season on the highway in a matchup in opposition to Coastal Carolina.

The Dukes completed final season with an 8-3 file. Final month, Virginia Lawyer Common Jason Miyares wrote the NCAA a letter pleading the college’s case. Miyares is a James Madison alum.

James Madison working again Kaelon Black, proper, carries the ball as Utah State security Ike Larsen defends in the course of the first half of a recreation Sept. 23, 2023, in Logan, Utah.  (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal by way of AP)

Groups should win six video games to turn out to be bowl eligible. There are 41 bowl video games scheduled for the tip of the season for 82 groups. However there’ll probably be a scarcity of groups with sufficient wins to qualify for all of the bowls this yr.

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If there are bowl recreation vacancies, James Madison will probably be one of many colleges on the high of the record to fill an empty spot. Jacksonville State is also a bowl recreation fill-in candidate.