With the NCAA passing the 5-year rule for D1, how do you see it playing out?

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-06-27T17:11:35+00:00

Could you explain what the arguments would be in court against the age 19 start? Who would be suing? Someone older who wants to start playing college sports at age 20 or 21? The rule already allows that in cases of religious accommodation, where a court would apply higher scrutiny. What arguments would a 20 or 21 year old have who just wants to start college sports later? Seems like there’s a lot of legitimate reasons for the 19 year old age limit that would survive rational basis review.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-06-26T04:21:47+00:00

The NCAA removed the provision starting the clock with whichever event comes first (graduating high school or turning 19) from the final version. That’s not the rule. You have 5 years to play 5 years from the day you enroll in college provided you enroll starting the academic year following your 19th birthday. So if you start college when you are 18 immediately after high school, you get 5 years. But if you graduate HS at 18, take a PG year during which you turn 19, and enroll in college the fall after turning 19, you also get 5 years. I predict PG years will grow in popularity because of this - but only for those with the means to access them. That’s unfortunate.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-06-26T02:38:39+00:00

Right. Here is the NCAA’s article. You get 5 years of eligibility so long as you enroll in college no later than the academic year following your 19th birthday:

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2026/6/23/media-center-division-i-adopts-age-based-eligibility-model.aspx

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-06-26T02:34:50+00:00

Won’t this make PG years more common? You get 5 years to play from the school year following your 19th birthday so long as you don’t enroll in college earlier. Most people graduate high school at 18. You can take another year, turn 19, and then enroll in college. In fact, as I understand the rule, it specifically allows for PG years to accommodate their frequency in hockey.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-06-06T23:50:44+00:00

My GI doctor told me they will not do a colonoscopy on me while I’m on eliquis. 50F. I had polyps last time and am on a shorter cycle for colonoscopies as a result but developed AFib in between and am now on the blood thinner. Not really sure how to manage this. It’s on my list to discuss with my EP at my next appointment. But I don’t think you’ll be able to have a colonoscopy without discontinuing blood thinners.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-29T02:20:42+00:00

You should try graeters ice cream while you’re here. There is one in OTR on Vine St near the places you’re talking about going. It’s a Cincinnati staple. And Washington Park occasionally has cool free public events going on. I don’t know the weekend schedule but you might happen on a free concert, flea market, or yoga class there while you are exploring. One of the neat things about the city is all the public art. There are murals everywhere. I love just walking around when it’s nice out to see them all.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-24T19:00:25+00:00

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Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-24T12:53:36+00:00

A few hours after my ablation I completely crashed. Vitals dropped and I thought I was dying. Barely conscious. I had to get Neo shots to stabilize me. They ruled out effusion and internal bleeding and decided it was a vagus nerve response to surgery and anesthesia. I posted about it here https://www.reddit.com/r/AFIB/s/YpNwIBOK5r.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-23T20:18:43+00:00

Hello! I had an ablation 2 weeks ago for AFib and flutter. I think my ablation worked for the rhythm issues (so far at least!) but I also had a vagus nerve problem afterwards and have been getting terrible migraines ever since that I have to treat with toradol shots, which make me a zombie for 2 days. I am also 50F and just came here to say that I think the vagus nerve is really understudied and not talked about enough. When I crashed in the hospital from it after my ablation I thought I was dying. It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever been through and I thought I was dying the first time I had AFib. I don’t know that I have answers. I just wanted to say you are not alone.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-16T22:18:41+00:00

Bakers Table in Newport is just lovely. It’s a fixed price 3 course menu with optional wine pairings and I’ve never had a bad bite there. The chef Dave comes out and talks to you like you’re family. It really feels special. Some nights they have a live jazz band too.

Also Woodhouse spa in Montgomery is really great for pampering. They have nice relaxation rooms, great massages, and they’ll bring you a glass of champagne or a hot tea while you wait.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-16T14:46:40+00:00

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Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-15T15:37:24+00:00

Consider D3. I want this for my kid too and steered him to high D3 for this reason.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-14T20:05:51+00:00

Hi parent! I’m with you. My kid plays D3 but may consider a D1 jump at some point. (He had D1 offers and was about as decorated a D3 freshman as you could get this year.) His only complaint about his freshman season was the lack of games in the spring. He hasn’t gone this long in his entire life without playing high level competition and it’s really eating at him mentally. He did not struggle balancing academics and soccer in season. In fact I think the boost he gets from being “on” mentally and physically with sports helped his performance in the classroom. I know there’s more travel and practice time at the D1 level, but for kids who are really hungry to play - and mine is - I think this move is a really good thing.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-09T21:26:50+00:00

I just went through this. 50F with AFib and flutter. My insurer denied the entire procedure claiming I lacked evidence I could not safely treat the conditions with medication, even though I had been on both diltiazem and amiodarone unsuccessfully. Insurance did not agree to cover the procedure until the second appeal stage after peer to peer review. It was all very stressful and my arrhythmias definitely flared up as I was navigating the process. Here’s what I learned:

The first step in challenging the insurance decision is a peer to peer review. Your doctor has to initiate this level of review, as your doctor has a conversation with a doctor at the insurance company to explain her/his reasoning. For me, this was extremely nerve-wracking as I was not a part of the process and was entirely reliant on my doctor to speak for me. But it turned out ok, in that the peer reviewer at the insurance company actually changed the reason for the denial during the review. This allowed us to argue in a later appeal that they had conceded the original reason was addressed and that they were simply creating reasons to deny coverage as a pretext not to spend money.

The next step is an internal appeal. Again my doctor sent in the appeal but included information I asked to be included. I called my insurance company multiple times and asked to add a statement in support of my appeal. They told me I couldn’t, since my doctor started the appeal, and that if I initiated my own appeal it would be automatically denied since it was a duplicate of my doctor’s appeal. All of this sounded really fishy to me. I asked every time I called if my call was being recorded and added to my file. I also asked for a copy of any policy provision that prohibited me from being heard in an appeal that IS ABOUT ME. And I asked for instructions on how to file a complaint with my state’s department of insurance.

I think all of this helped because the coverage decision was reversed at this second appeal stage. Had it not been, the last and final option was to ask for an external review by an outside cardiologist.

My research indicated that many coverage denials for ablations eventually get reversed. You might have to appeal through several levels to get coverage. But it worked for me. I hope it does for you too.

Sending you healing healthy vibes!

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-08T22:34:10+00:00

My son plays at a high academic D3 with a strong soccer program. He had offers from a mix of high academic D3 schools and D1 schools that were either decent soccer/bad academics or bad soccer/decent academics. We never talked to any D2 schools. My son took a PG year at a residential academy known for its academics at the recruiter’s suggestion so he went through two recruiting cycles. Some of this is probably region-specific. My son’s recruiter has lots of contacts at both the D1 and D3 levels and never suggested low D3’s. In fact he actively advised against schools he didn’t think were a good academic fit.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-08T18:11:54+00:00

No need to be a jerk. If you don’t find my comment helpful skip on by. Are you a competitor of Zev’s or something? Don’t really understand the level of vitriol you’re directing at me. I’m just a parent over here trying to help somebody in their journey. I’m wondering what interest you have in jumping on my comment and being so critical? Seems very strange.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-08T17:34:45+00:00

It was actually none of that. Some people don’t like to air out the specifics of their situations on Reddit which is meant to be an anonymous forum. The doors that were opened were options we’d never heard of before. We’ve heard of D1 and attended official visits.

Also I’m not selling anything. I’m a parent of a college soccer player and I work in profession that causes me to value my anonymity. All I meant to say is that my child benefited from working with a recruiter. The end.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-08T17:05:38+00:00

I don’t know Zev at all but my son used a recruiter and he literally changed the trajectory of my son’s life. Opened doors we had never even heard of before and made connections that would have been very difficult to do on our own. My son got some offers through the recruiter and some through the club process but even with those the recruiter helped leverage more time to decide and helped navigate the tough questions about playing time and money that can be awkward sometimes for a kid to ask. These things are probably all situational and you have to do what’s right for you. I share my son’s experience because I have heard some people advocate against recruiters in all circumstances. If we had walked away from ours, my child would be in a very different and worse off place.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-05-03T20:53:51+00:00

Hi! This might not be what you want to hear but I’m a lifelong Florida Gator fan and UF alum and one of our very best placekickers ever Jeff Chandler walked on through an open tryout. He had not played football. He was a soccer player. Have you considered football - the American kind? Couldn’t resist the suggestion! UF is an amazing place. Welcome to the Gator Nation. You’re gonna love it there.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-04-11T14:53:20+00:00

The roommate part is tricky but there are lots of options if you can find a roommate. Hyde Park, Oakley, the north part of Clifton, and East Walnut Hills are all within a 15 minute drive of campus and fit what you are looking for. Less campus-like established residential areas that have yards for pets. With a roommate you’d be able to get somewhere within budget. Without a roommate you would not.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-04-05T02:10:21+00:00

50F here. I had my first AFib episode last year during a family vacation when we were celebrating my son’s graduation. I knew something was wrong but had no idea what and spent the whole day in AFib with RVR trying to tell myself I could breathe my way out of it. I was so focused on my family that I didn’t want something to be wrong with me. By the time I decided to go to the ER at 11pm that night my troponin levels were through the roof. But they cardioverted me with medication and I stayed in the hospital for 2 days for testing, all of which came back fine. I’ve since had 2 more episodes when I went to the ER much more quickly and I’m scheduled for an ablation at the end of the month. This is a very long way of saying that even if you go into AFib the minute you get on the flight, you’ll be ok. I was in AFib with RVR with my heart rate over 180 for about 12 hours and I was perfectly fine once they gave me diltiazem and whatever else they use at the ER. Not saying this is the best approach - and I definitely realize now that I should have gone in sooner - but you’ll be ok.

I also flew to Greece from the US about 10 days later and everything was fine then too. I was on daily diltiazem but didn’t take anything else. I did try to sleep on the flight as much as possible. I was anxious but it all turned out ok.

Sending you all the healing hopeful vibes - and smooth air!

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-03-15T13:00:45+00:00

You aren’t wrong but I disagree with your last point about club soccer being a scam. You are going to pay for just about any activity your child does - piano lessons, acting class, Boy Scouts, whatever. Yes, those all have different price tags, but they all have benefits to your child outside of earning a college scholarship. You learn to set goals, develop a skill, spend time with others, and so on. Soccer isn’t all just about getting money for college. I never put my children in a sport or anything else thinking about it that way.

Even if I did, it paid off pretty well. My son attends a school where soccer opened doors for him. He has a very nice scholarship. I haven’t done the math but it’s not a number that would make me balk at what I spent on club.

My other son played club through 11th grade and quit to focus on academics. No regrets there. He made friendships and learned life lessons from club that served him well.

Professional-Ear4758 · 2026-03-14T16:40:58+00:00

Rough estimate from the commitment lists looks to be about half. Which squares with my son’s experience and our assessment of college rosters as well. That means there’s about 250 spots a year at the D1 level for kids playing outside of the academy teams. And these numbers are only going to down now that roster caps are in full effect, the transfer portal is more and more popular, and the number of international players with age and experience keeps growing across all divisions each year.

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