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TCU baseball players make final pitches on extra eligibility to NCAA

By Drew Davison

TCU pitcher Haylen Green made an impassioned plea to the NCAA Division I Council last week as to why spring sport student-athletes should be granted extra eligibility amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Spring sports were cut short by the NCAA earlier this month, leaving a number of athletes gutted that their careers may have come to an abrupt end. TCU baseball, for instance, played only 15 games, roughly only a quarter of the season.

“Baseball seasons end, as do careers, and people move on,” Green, a senior left-hander, wrote in a lengthy post. “However, I don’t believe this can be the end. To outsiders, this is just baseball. We’re just athletes whose careers have potentially come to an end and it’s time to join the real world.

Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article241591326.html#storylink=cpy
 
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