NCAA Waiver could help Pacific
If reports are accurate, Elias Ralph would have another season of eligibility
According to Darren Heitner “The NCAA Division I Board of Directors has granted a waiver to permit athletes who attended and competed at a non-NCAA school for one or more year to remain eligible and compete in 2025-26 if those athletes would have otherwise used their final season of competition during the 2024-25 academic year, and meet all other eligibility requirements (e.g. progress toward degree, five-year period of eligibility). Heitner’s X post
Further, according to long-time Canadian talent scout Barry Hayes, “this new ruling will have implications for the 22 Canadian men at NCAA Division I schools who are currently listed as Seniors, but used previous eligibility at Junior College, CCAA or USPORTS (i.e. non-NCAA institutions). One former USPORTS players being: Elias Ralph (Victoria to Pacific), others…
Barry’s X Post on the new ruling
Potentially some good news for the Tigers going into the Holiday season.
This is great news for Elias, I'm not up to date on all of the NCAA transfer portal rules, so I'm not certain this is necessarily great for Pacific, but I'm glad that Ralph will get another year regardless of where he plays.