My opinion of what needs to happen for the players if the 2020 season is cancelled.

*I also posted on SEC Rant to see if their were differing opinions between fans*

I am not discussing whether or not I think the season will be cancelled, only what I think needs to happen for the student athletes if it does.

Personally expanding the scholly limit is really the only way to allow seniors to be able to play. There would be too many players in comparison to scholarships available.

In my opinion the only reasonable course of action if the 2020 football season is cancelled is as follows.

1) All Currently enrolled student athletes for the 2020 football season, scholarship and walk-ons, shall be granted 1 additional calendar year of extend eligibility so long as they remain enrolled in classes.

***This one is obvious all players would deserve an extra year of eligibility because they would all be losing a year. All student athletes need an extra year due to the fact of that juniors and seniors would have the same amount of eligibility, potentially preventing some juniors from ever seeing the field in the case of only seniors getting an extension. It keeps working down the class if not all receive an extension.

2) No 2021 Draft eligible student athlete, scholarship or walk-on, shall count towards the overall scholarship limit of the school they are currently enrolled and attending for the 2021 or 2022 season.

***This is mandatory for seniors and juniors to return for their extra season. Underclassmen will have plenty of time to get an opportunity to play, transfer, graduate, or declare and should not affect the overall class size too much after 3 years.

3) Any student athlete that decides to transfer schools for the 2020/2021 calender year will count towards the scholarship limit of the school they transfer to as normal.

******This will encourage players to continue their career at their current school they committed to. And should help to prevent mass transfers of players

4) It will be left to the schools discresion whether or not to extend the scholarship to any football senior that was granted extra eligibility due to this extension. Any school that refuses scholarship extension to a current athlete will have that student athlete counted towards their scholarship cap during their final year of eligibility.

***This should punish low income schools that want to pull scholarships from athletes that haven't panned out like they wanted them to, this would force them to foot the scholarship bill instead of forcing the player to take a walk-on. It will also help the same schools that may not be able to afford the additional scholarship strain for retaining extra players, take the scholarship hit and walk-on the player.

Closing thoughts:
I have thought about this for a while and with a few tweaks and better legal formation to my main points think it would be the most fair plan of action for all parties.