Academic non-qualifiers at a four-year school can regain eligibility after one academic year if they achieve 1.8 GPA over 24 credit hours. A non-qualifying junior college athlete who graduates with a two-year degree must have 48 transferrable credit hours and at least a 2.5 GPA to transfer.

Specifically, the NJCAA is questioning why athletes are Junior Colleges like Enterprise State or Wallace State are required to have a higher grade-point average (2.5) than athletes transferring between four-year institutions (2.