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Post by rockybeav on Oct 30, 2016 19:26:14 GMT -8
Anyone know exactly how medical redshirts work? I was thinking of our true freshmen linebackers. In particular, Shemar Smith. I felt like he hurt his knee very early in the first game he played. Is he allowed to petition for a medical redshirt? Does he simply use his "regular" redshirt next year, if his injury is serious? What about Robinett if he is unable to play the rest of the year?
I read the article about Tim Cook, and how his medical petition was denied after experiencing his pectoral injury during weight training. I just don't understand how these get evaluated.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Oct 30, 2016 20:06:37 GMT -8
Anyone know exactly how medical redshirts work? I was thinking of our true freshmen linebackers. In particular, Shemar Smith. I felt like he hurt his knee very early in the first game he played. Is he allowed to petition for a medical redshirt? Does he simply use his "regular" redshirt next year, if his injury is serious? What about Robinett if he is unable to play the rest of the year? I read the article about Tim Cook, and how his medical petition was denied after experiencing his pectoral injury during weight training. I just don't understand how these get evaluated. I believe that, in order to be eligible for a medical redshirt, the player must (1) have a redshirt available, (2) suffer a season-ending injury in the first six games of the season, and (3) not have played more than 7 halves (3.5 games) of football. There are different rules that come into play, if the team plays more than 12 games, but I believe that I stated the general rule. Tim Cook does not qualify, because he did not (1) have a redshirt available. The NCAA can grant him an additional year, but usually does not, unless a player, at the very minimum, misses parts of two years because of injury. If he were to suffer a second season-ending injury, he may qualify but, from what I have seen, probably would not. |
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Post by SouthernBeaver on Oct 30, 2016 21:09:52 GMT -8
To get the medical hardship waiver, the team has to be in the first half if its season, but the player cannot have played in 30% of the total games for the season, or 3 games, whichever is greater. The injury must be suffered during one of their 4 years or their senior year and must be season-ending.
The 6th year of eligibility is for cases where the athlete misses 2 years of eligibility (which could be considered to be 70% of the year each year depending on who you talk to), but it has to be outside of the control of both the athlete and the school. It could be due to injury, or it could be due to the program shutting down due to a natural disaster. If the "big one" hit and OSU shut down for a year dealing with the natural disaster, anyone medically redshirted would have 2 years are not both medically-related.
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Post by rockybeav on Oct 31, 2016 18:43:16 GMT -8
Thanks Wilky and Southern, I appreciate the information. I like that some of our younger players are getting valuable experience, but I was curious as to how the injuries would affect their ability to redshirt. Based on what you're telling me, I would imagine Shemar Smith would be eligible since he got hurt in his first game.
Thanks again for taking the time to answer my question!
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Post by atownbeaver on Nov 2, 2016 7:18:28 GMT -8
To get the medical hardship waiver, the team has to be in the first half if its season, but the player cannot have played in 30% of the total games for the season, or 3 games, whichever is greater. The injury must be suffered during one of their 4 years or their senior year and must be season-ending. The 6th year of eligibility is for cases where the athlete misses 2 years of eligibility (which could be considered to be 70% of the year each year depending on who you talk to), but it has to be outside of the control of both the athlete and the school. It could be due to injury, or it could be due to the program shutting down due to a natural disaster. If the "big one" hit and OSU shut down for a year dealing with the natural disaster, anyone medically redshirted would have 2 years are not both medically-related. People confuse these a bit, so lets be sure to keep them separate with one basic notion: every athlete has 5 years of eligibility. 4 years of "active" or competing and 1 red shirt year. A medical redshirt allows you to, essentially, retroactively count an active year as a redshirt year if you were injured early in the season and missed the year with the criteria you mentioned. But it does nothing to change the fact that you have 5 years of eligibility The sixth year of eligibility is just that, it actually gives you a full additional year of competition. instead of having 5 years of eligibility, you have 6 now because of the reasons you mentioned, you have missed most of 2 years of competition. |
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