Its*Over*Johnny
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What is the deadline to announce redshirted players?
Opinions on if/who gets designated this year?
Opinions on if/who gets designated this year?
Redshirt deadline??
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NYCRedmen
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I know that redshirting is sometimes a necessary evil b/c of there not being enough minutes to go around, but I am hoping we don't redshirt anyone this year. You never know when an injury or two will leave you short handed. Last year we redshirted Gift hoping we'd get Sanchez at some point and we all know how that worked out. To me, it's better to have guys who may be somewhat buried on the depth chart (Christian Jones & Felix Balamou come to mind) available b/c anything can happen. Obviously if its a redshirt b/c of an injury then we have to live with that.
I could be wrong about this, but I don't know that there is a redshirt "deadline", per se. I think coaches often make decisions prior to the season (as if there were a deadline) so that there is clarity for both player and team. But my understanding is that the situation is much more flexible.
That is, you don't officially obtain a redshirt until the end of the season, if a given player has been in compliance with the rules (namely sitting out). Which means that at anypoint during the season a coach/player could change their minds, revoke the "redshirt", and play the player. The only consequence would be that the season would, obviously, no longer qualify as a redshirt year.
Which I think leads to the bigger rule regarding redshirts, which is the point at which you lose your eligibility to classify as one. I think it's after 6 games played. Prior to 6 (or whatever the number is) you can sit out the rest of the year and have it qualify as a full redshirt year. After 6, you can sit out the rest of the way and it wouldn't matter, no redshirt.
So the situation is sort of reverse. There is no deadline to classify a redshirt. Instead there is a point after which you can no longer qualify as a redshirt (in terms of games played).
That is, you don't officially obtain a redshirt until the end of the season, if a given player has been in compliance with the rules (namely sitting out). Which means that at anypoint during the season a coach/player could change their minds, revoke the "redshirt", and play the player. The only consequence would be that the season would, obviously, no longer qualify as a redshirt year.
Which I think leads to the bigger rule regarding redshirts, which is the point at which you lose your eligibility to classify as one. I think it's after 6 games played. Prior to 6 (or whatever the number is) you can sit out the rest of the year and have it qualify as a full redshirt year. After 6, you can sit out the rest of the way and it wouldn't matter, no redshirt.
So the situation is sort of reverse. There is no deadline to classify a redshirt. Instead there is a point after which you can no longer qualify as a redshirt (in terms of games played).
For a regular redshirt, it must be declared before the season and the player cannot play a single play. Gift never entered a game last year. Obviously, a coach can change his mind and use the player, thereby losing the redshirt year.
A medical redshirt has to be due to serious injury or illness. Medical documentation is required. It has to have occured in the first half of the season and the player has to have played in fewer that 20% of the teams season schedule.for example, if the team has a 30 game schedule, the player could not have entered into more than 6 games before the injury occured.
A medical redshirt has to be due to serious injury or illness. Medical documentation is required. It has to have occured in the first half of the season and the player has to have played in fewer that 20% of the teams season schedule.for example, if the team has a 30 game schedule, the player could not have entered into more than 6 games before the injury occured.
