I am mixed on granting additional years.
Spencer will not have a chance to be a 4 timer.
V Joesph won't have a chance to be a 4 time finalist.
Even things like David Carr, Shane Griffin and other freshman won't have the ability to be 4 time anything.
But if bring all these guys back for another year, the ability for others to be a conference champ, NCAA qualifier, AA or Champ disappears (at least for some that wait in the wings to start).
Doesn't seem right to give Joesph, Lugo and other 5 full years of everything except NCAA.
Bad deal, but sometimes, that is life!
My initial thoughts were "award an extra year of eligibility to everyone who qualified, and let those who want it, take it." and I thought that was so simple and easy.
Thinking more about it, and seeing other posts about it on here, I can definitely see how that would be unfair to others as well. What about the junior that was going to fill in at a spot for his senior year? Now he's out of luck too? Or the freshman that committed to a school based on a four year starting opportunity? He can never be a 4x anything now either.
There's no right answer, no easy solution. Like you said, it's just a bad deal.