NCAA: Student-Athletes Will Be Off On Election Day

The NCAA has announced November 3, Election Day, will be an off day for student-athletes and that no athletic activities will take place on that day. The NCAA would like for the student-athletes to "participate in their ultimate responsibility as citizens" and take the time to vote that day.

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Coaches across the country have been pushing their athletes to get registered to vote and now the NCAA has stepped up to say student-athletes will have plenty of time on November 3 to exercise that right. LSU head coach Ed Orgeron pushed his entire team to get registered. Georgia Tech basketball coach Josh Pastner was already planning to give his team November 3 off before the NCAA instituted its new policy.

Coach O listened and the team came to a conclusion that registering was one step to take.