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what's that number in football btw?
Medical Hardship Waiver
If a student-athlete suffers a season-ending injury or illness after competing in a limited amount of competition during a particular academic year, he/she may qualify for a medical hardship waiver which would allow him/her an additional season of competition during the five-year period of eligibility. To qualify for a medical hardship:
(a) the student-athletes injury or illness must occur in one of the four seasons of intercollegiate competition or subsequent to the first day of classes in the student-athletes senior year in high school;
(b) the injury or illness must occur prior to the completion of the first half of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship in that sport and must result in incapacity to compete for the remainder of that playing season; and
(c) the injury or illness must occur when the student-athlete has not participated in more than two contests/dates of competition or 20% of the institutions scheduled contests/dates of competition in his/her sport (whichever number is greater).
I hope the kid gets a medical redshirt, but based on the above I don't understand how. 20% would be greater, but it's still only 3 games, correct? Has Oregon State only played 3 games this year?
Found some info that clarifies it. The 20% number was updated to 30% recently. And...
According to NCAA rules, student-athletes qualify for a hardship waiver if "the injury or illness occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than three contests or dates of competition (whichever is applicable to that sport) or 30 percent (whichever number is greater) of the institution's scheduled or completed contests ..." In OSU's case that means 3.6 games – which is rounded to four, according to the NCAA – and because Rodgers did not play against Arizona State due to a head injury, he has only appeared in four games.