Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get stranger, the NCAA goes ahead and proves you wrong.

In an unprecedented move, the NCAA has made the decision to approve an extra year of eligibility for all student-athletes that compete in fall sports — regardless of whether they play this season or not.

This news was first reported by Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic.

As a result of this decision, any and all players can compete this football season and return in 2021 in the same class they entered the 2020 season.

It’s unclear whether the NCAA plans to expand scholarship limits in football in order to make room to allow players to return in 2021.

The NCAA officially announced the news with the following information from its Division I Board of Directors:

“We want to provide opportunities for student-athletes whenever possible,” said acting board chair Denise Trauth, president of Texas State. “We understand it will be complicated and different, and we’re not certain how it will look. But we believe it’s important to try to give students that championship experience.”

The board noted that its decision regarding fall championships would help Division I college athletes as they plan for their futures.

“We want to provide opportunities for student-athletes whenever possible,” said acting board chair Denise Trauth, president of Texas State. “We understand it will be complicated and different, and we’re not certain how it will look. But we believe it’s important to try to give students that championship experience.”

Additionally, all fall sport student-athletes will receive both an additional year of eligibility and an additional year in which to complete it, as the Council suggested, through a blanket waiver.