Thank you for the responses. With respect to my second question I guess your response “counters will count” means that even if a player is going to medically redshirt (literally no chance that he will play) he counts on the roster no matter what? If that is true then clearly the team will only have 34 players who can play and they can’t keep another player that can contribute to the team, right? I was under the impression in that situation that the player who would medically redshirt wouldn’t count against the 35 man roster but maybe i’m wrong.
With respect to my 3rd question, I had heard there was a July 1st deadline to let a player know so he had an opportunity to appeal that decision. Maybe that is not the case.