This is an old thread, however somewhat relevant at this time.
Scenario: D1 Specific. A scholy player is injured during the summer prior to his Soph year (non baseball related injury while away at Summer Ball).
Played extensively as frosh and was very successful. He is enrolled and going to classes at College A and still under scholy the beginning of Soph year. Was Frosh Academic All American.
Player was going to try to undergo treatment and rehab instead of undergoing season ending surgery. Coach at College A says "I'm pulling your scholy next year (would be Jr. year) since you put us in a bad position". Realize, this is 4 months prior to the beginning of season so there's still a chance the treatment/rehab could fix the issue........thanks Coach!
Question is, if the player decides to have surgery and applies/receives a medical waiver "redshirt" for his soph year and elects to transfer to another D1 (College B), will he have to sit out another year due to transfer rules or would the medical "redshirt" year be considered the 1 year he has to sit out?
Could he transfer to College B at mid year, pay his own way while while recovering from surgery then receive a scholy from College B come the fall semester? I'm assuming if this could happen, he'd still have to fit into the 35 man roster guidelines at College B.
The college coach looked me in the eye during the recruiting process and said he will never pull a scholy unless the player gets in off field problems or is not doing what he has to in the classroom. I don't consider being an Academic All American as a frosh and the injury that happened cause for pulling a scholy.....The colleges/coaches have all the power and there is nothing we as parents/players can do about it - frustrating!
Looking for some guidance on options.
Thanks