@anotherparent posted:O.k., so just to try to summarize:
- in general, if you are enrolled at a school and don't play in any games, the next year you will be a redshirt.
- before 2020, if you had a scholarship but didn't get into any games, you would be listed on the 35-man roster and could practice with the team. If you didn't have a scholarship and weren't on the roster, you couldn't practice with the team. In both cases, the next year you would be a "redshirt xxx".
- in 2021, with no roster limits, whether or not you have a scholarship you could be listed on the roster and not get into a game. Then the next year you would be a "redshirt xxx."
So, how does the 2020 season work? What if in 2020 (this year) you had a scholarship but didn't get into any games? Is it different than if you didn't have a scholarship and weren't on the roster? In that second case, do you still get 5 more years to play 4?
Yes you are correct. With this year everybody gets a clean slate. Anybody who participated in college baseball this season has 6 seasons to play 5, counting the 15 or so games played this year. Redshirt is designated at the end of the season for those who did not receive playing time. So if you were on a roster this spring and didn't get game action you will still be able to use your redshirt year in the future as long as you did not previously burn it.
Example - Joe Smith is a freshman in the 2020 season. He doesn't see any game action and the season gets cut short. He now has an additional 5 years to play 4. For now we'll just call him a corona freshman. If he redshirts in 2021 he will enter the 2022 season as a redshirt freshman even though he is a junior academically. Wild times.