new delhi admissions in delhi university through sports quota will see modifications this year students with specific skill sets will only be eligible to apply under this quota an official from the university clarified that colleges will issue specific requirements to the university considering which the candidates would be chosen for example if a college volleyball team needs a lifter only those with this skill set after trials will be considered he explaineddus admission committee has approved the new rule under which colleges would send a list of requirements with the number and positions in their team to the university this will help colleges streamline their process as they will only request for specific positions and not get extra players a member of the sports council saidthe university specified that in case of a tie between students the one with higher marks in the du trials would be considered the colleges reserve 5 seats for sports and extracurricular activities under the centralised admission procedure du conducts trials for 36 sports disciplines including basketball cricket football volleyball and multiple disciplines of athleticsearlier a student who played football as a striker had to audition for all the seats on offer at du after clearing the trials heshe was allotted colleges where football was played however sometimes a college that required a striker would get a defender but with this new rule colleges would get sportsmen as per requirements of the college teams said a member of the universitys sports councilthe proposal was sent by the council to the admission committee and was approved the council member said that more students should apply at du as they have an advantage of the sports quota with the better infrastructure available they can grow during their years at the university the member addedthe member added that the students would have to specify their skill sets while applying for the trials since last year du has made admissions easier by giving more weightage for sports trial earlier the university gave 50 weightage to sports trial and 50 to sports certificates however since last year we have given 60 weightage to the trial and 40 to certificates he addedon concerns that students who do not fall into a particular position or sports bracket may miss out on admission the member said it is unlikely that colleges wont get their required sportsmen but if that happens positions can be altered to accommodate more students