NCAA D1 Redshirt Rules

[reagansdaddy]

Can anyone fill me in on how non-medical redshirts work at the NCAA D1 level?

Thanks.

 

[marriard]

Can anyone fill me in on how non-medical redshirts work at the NCAA D1 level?

Thanks.

Simply put, the player gets to fully practice and participate in all team activities but can not play in ANY game or dress for any game; they get to receive scholarships, etc, etc.

Unlike football there doesn't appear to be a free pass for playing in games - if you participate in any game (and that may include being listed as an eligible roster player even if you don't enter a game - that is unclear), that counts as a season.
Also - the extra year of eligibility is granted at the END of the season; so you it can be a bit tense even if you have done everything right.

NCAA regs are massively and unnecessarily complex and differ for every sport in many aspects - and they make it really, really hard to both access regs and understand them. So every college is required to have a NCAA Eligibility Officer and official positions should come through them alone.

(Medical redshirts are much different and a whole different level of complexity)

 

[reagansdaddy]

Simply put, the player gets to fully practice and participate in all team activities but can not play in ANY game or dress for any game; they get to receive scholarships, etc, etc.

Unlike football there doesn't appear to be a free pass for playing in games - if you participate in any game (and that may include being listed as an eligible roster player even if you don't enter a game - that is unclear), that counts as a season.
Also - the extra year of eligibility is granted at the END of the season; so you it can be a bit tense even if you have done everything right.

NCAA regs are massively and unnecessarily complex and differ for every sport in many aspects - and they make it really, really hard to both access regs and understand them. So every college is required to have a NCAA Eligibility Officer and official positions should come through them alone.

(Medical redshirts are much different and a whole different level of complexity)

Thank you! Seems totally unfair that football players are allowed to play 25% of their season and still redshirt while girls get one AB in a game and blow their entire year of eligibility.

 

[clarity]

Do HS class of 2021 girls get a covid 5th year? They don't, right?

 

[reagansdaddy]

Do HS class of 2021 girls get a covid 5th year? They don't, right?

No, they don't despite the fact that those are the kids who are most affected by the large roster sizes. Had to be a cutoff somewhere. 2020's don't get the 5th year either.

 

[clarity]

Oh, I thought the 2020s did

 

[marriard]

Do HS class of 2021 girls get a covid 5th year? They don't, right?

This years freshman do not automatically get a 5th year. They were not effected by COVID

Most 2020 players did although some of that depended on division and conference.

Oh, I thought the 2020s did

 

[Orange Socks]

DD played against a team who has a 25 yr old player. She hit a bomb against our 18 yr old pitcher. I told her not to feel bad since she is a real woman. She played 2 years at JUCO and this is her 4th year at her current school.