DII REDSHIRT OR DIII

Bob....son faced same decision....redshirt D1 first year in a neighboring state, or play D2, or D3 for four years in various states...none as close as this D1. There were other considerations first though.....with all the schools....academics, financial, social, team, coach......

....he picked a school across the country....for all good reasons, including a better chance of playing ball for 4 years, and then broke his wrist......he has missed his first year of freshman ball....so.....this brings me to the most important question....learned from posters before me.....to be asked in deciding on a school.....would you be happy there if you had an injury and could not play ball.....because there are no gaurantees.

.......and other posters will be able to explain redshirting better than me......good luck.

The redshirt does one huge thing beside keep you eligible for 4 more years--it eliminates some 30 plus credits which means you can lighten the academic load the spring of your 4 baseball seasons

thanks for the responses, can someone explain to me about redshirting. I am completely ignorant on the subject.

Bob,

Assuming that you are asking about a regular redshirt, and not a medical redshirt, the regulations are fairly simple. If you do not play in an intercollegiate competition for the entire season, then you qualify as a redshirt and do not lose that year of eligibility.

Under NCAA guidelines (Div I), you have 5 years to play 4 beginning at the date of full time enrollment. Div II I think is a little bit different in that you have 10 semesters to play 8 (but I don't think they have to be consecutive.)

Bottom line with redshirting, you are able to practice with the team, continue to develop as a player, but not allowed to play in a game. Except in the case of a medical redshirt, even pinch hitting or pinch running in one inning removes the possibility of redshirting.

If you have other questions, please ask.

"....learned from posters before me.....to be asked in deciding on a school.....would you be happy there if you had an injury and could not play ball.....because there are no gaurantees"

We ask this question of all of our recruits. We feel it is essentially one of the most vital questions that an individual needs to ask of himself.

Bob 15 you have a PM.

I'd go one step further...

Make sure you can be happy there even if you ARE playing ball!!!!