RIP New Redshirt Rule

[VolnJC]

They were pretty naive in thinking that coaches wouldn't selectively apply this rule
Changes may be on the table to the NCAA's four-game redshirt rule - FootballScoop

 

[peaygolf]

They were pretty naive in thinking that coaches wouldn't selectively apply this rule
Changes may be on the table to the NCAA's four-game redshirt rule - FootballScoop

Good. I never liked the 4 game thing.

 

[alaVOL]

Every rule is going to be used to benefit someone. I don't have any problem with it.

 

[jonnon111]

I think it helps the roster size. It helps when trams get hurt. It lets more kids stay in college longer.

They shortened OT to prevent injuries latte in games. Why would they reverse this because some a$$ clown quit on his team??? Seems like they are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

 

[butchna]

Genie in the bottle thing. Good luck getting it back in. As powerful as WVA’s AD is this ain’t changing. I know this is one of Bruin’s contrived pet passions tho.

 

[butchna]

I think it helps the roster size. It helps when trams get hurt. It lets more kids stay in college longer.

They shortened OT to prevent injuries latte in games. Why would they reverse this because some a$$ clown quit on his team??? Seems like they are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

They’re not. Football Scoop needed an idea for an article.

 

[RollerVol]

"the more things change, the more they stay the same"...somebody said that...

GO BIG ORANGE!

 

[VolBricks]

I think 4 games is excessive. they should change it to 2 games.

 

[wmcovol]

I like the 4 game rule if the 4 games are at the end of the season. I don’t like rule that encourages kids to quit their team after 4 games to save a redshirt yr.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

They were pretty naive in thinking that coaches wouldn't selectively apply this rule
Changes may be on the table to the NCAA's four-game redshirt rule - FootballScoop

The Redshirt rule should go back to what it was before

 

[SpookyAction]

I believe he new redshirt rule is about as universally popular as any rule can be. It makes sense to tighten it up as we see how it affects the game.

 

[butchna]

The Redshirt rule should go back to what it was before

No it shouldn’t.

 

[1TheCoach1]

I love the 4 game rule. It gives players game time experience they would otherwise not get. It is huge when rosters are depleted due to injury. You do not have to ruin an entire year of eligibility to put a player in for one series or one game to cover for an injured player.

 

[VolnJC]

I love the 4 game rule. It gives players game time experience they would otherwise not get. It is huge when rosters are depleted due to injury. You do not have to ruin an entire year of eligibility to put a player in for one series or one game to cover for an injured player.

I guess a good compromise is that it would only be open to players during their first 2 years of eligibility?

 

[RollerVol]

I guess a good compromise is that it would only be open to players during their first 2 years of eligibility?

cool compromise...I think I like it...

GO BIG ORANGE!

 

[1TheCoach1]

I guess a good compromise is that it would only be open to players during their first 2 years of eligibility?

I would have no problem with that. If a player hasn't seen the field by their junior season or rs soph season there is a good chance they aren't going to get much playing time regardless. Most red shirts are burned on freshmen and sophomores anyway.

 

[SCRocket]

Yeah I think it should be one game.

 

[PulaskiVolFan]

I love the new rule and I like how coaches can use it to help their rosters whether it be for the current season or down the road like we are doing with a certain WR. As for players playing 4 games and quitting that can be fixed easy, you should have to finish the year with the team you started with in order to get a RS for that year.

 

[UTK]

This is a good rule and great for the players. Why change it? Hell bump it to 6 for all I care.

 

[butchna]

Just never understood how giving players opportunities could possibly hurt the game! Take Quentin Dormady. He dutifully backed up Dobbs for two seasons and didn’t redshirt. His shot at UT tanked epically...some his fault a lot of it a program tanking. So he graduate transfers back to Texas and lands on a team (Houston) with a quarterback he couldn’t beat out. Having an unused redshirt to use in conjunction with a loophole that requires you to graduate early shouldn’t be a penalty and him finally getting it right at Central Michigan is a good result in any world. Feeling duped or used by these expanded options, is just determination to be so.

 

[Behr]

The Redshirt rule should go back to what it was before

Why?

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Why?

The rule is being used in a way it wasn't supposed to be used

 

[butchna]

The rule is being used in a way it wasn't supposed to be used

According to whom?

 

[Behr]

The rule is being used in a way it wasn't supposed to be used

Oh no. Can't have that, it'll probably ruin college football. What's the problem?

I see it as a whole lot more beneficial to everyone involved, especially the student athlete, than it hurting anything.

 

[Iam4utalways]

The 4 game redshirt rule helps players. It must be changed. Do away with redshirts all together and go back to Freshmen not being able to play at all. That would really stick it to the players. The last thing we need is helping players that need time to develop or extend their time in college to further their degrees.

On the other hand, maybe the 4 game rule is a good idea.