Giving a full year back to winter sports athletes would be absurd.

As I saw someone tweet a few days ago, the NCAA would also probably need to consider giving everyone else on the roster an extra year too. If I'm one of your guys who has spent his career sitting behind Ward or Shahid and I suddenly lose my chance to start as a senior because they're granted a full year (without getting a full year back myself), I would probably be less than thrilled.

You could argue that an attitude like that makes me not a team player, but if I've patiently spent 2-3 years of my career waiting my turn, I'd argue that I've been a pretty solid team player up to that point.