The NCAA should do right by the athletes.

There question of how to handle eligibility of the spring sport athletes, some of who will miss a large portion of their seasons.

If the NCAA wants to truly do what's best for the athletes they should handle eligibility for all spring athletes in a way that benefits them.

I think every athlete should have the option to return next season, in their same classification (like this would have been a redshirt year, regardless of if they used one already or not). All athletes that would have been draft eligible at the end of the season should still remain draft eligible.

Some examples specific to LSU would include...

Cole Henry - draft eligible sophomore in baseball. He should be able to enter the MLB draft if he wishes, or return to LSU next season and be a sophomore again.

Skylar Mays - was in his senior season. The door should be open for him to return for another senior season if he would choose to do so.

I think this is the only way to do right by the athletes, who may have had their season ripped from them. Juniors in baseball may no longer have the opportunity to raise draft stocks. That is a huge deal in the MLB draft, if they have to return for their senior season. They will lose a lot of money.

Then there is the seniors, mainly basketball ones, who some were set for a tournament run. That's now probably taken away from them.

I hope they don't just turn the calendar on the year. That would not be beneficial to the college athletes anywhere.