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Here is the NCAA's "redshirt" rule for college football 12.8.3.1.6 Exception: In football, a student-athlete representing a Division I institution may compete in up to four contests in a season ...
Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility.Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the four years of academic classes typically required to earn a bachelor's degree at an American college or university.
Redshirting originated as a term for a similar activity but occurring in college sports rather than kindergarten, where a redshirt was "a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility" and originated "from the red shirts worn in practice by such athletes".
The NCAA is considering more historic changes to its amateurism rules. Member schools plan to seriously consider granting athletes in all sports, not just football, the ability to participate in ...
Some parents assume that their child is not ready for kindergarten, so they wait an additional year before enrolling, a process known as redshirting.
Before the 2010–11 playoffs, the overtime winner was simply the first team to score any points; [8] however, the rules were changed to reduce the advantage obtained by the team that won the overtime coin toss. Under the prior rules, the team that won the coin toss would usually elect to receive the ball and then gain just enough yardage to ...
Current NCAA eligibility rules permit an athlete to play four full seasons in a five-year span and grants them the ability to play a portion of a fifth season by using a “redshirt.”
The best known usage of the redshirt is for college football and college basketball, which at the highest levels are big-money sports and most players are playing in college to prepare for a professional career. Having a fifth year allows a student-athlete to progress farther, enhancing their prospects for a professional career.