Eligibility may refer to: The right to run for office (in elections), sometimes called passive suffrage or voting eligibility Desirability as a marriage partner, as in the term eligible bachelor Validity for participation, as in eligibility to enter a Competition Eligibility for the NBA draft Eligible receiver, gridiron football rules for catching a pass NCAA eligibility, requirements to play college sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association FIFA eligibility rules, requirement to play for a national team in association football