DIII Greyshirt

I'll leave it to others to explain grey shirt ups and downs.

But I guess if this were our son, the decision would truly be all about whether or not the school offered the academic program that fit him and whether or not he wanted to attend that school.

It seems to me it would be quite a bit easier to move the baseball question to the side and thats not necessarily a bad thing. Probably even a good thing!

Assuming that the Div. III school is following the rules, the conditioning workouts would need to be as any other member of the student body with no involvement by coaches. For NCAA athletes to be involved in any team activity, they need to be enrolled as a full-time student as defined by that school.

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This does not affect the five-year eligibility, however, correct?

D3 doesn't have a 5 year rule--that's a D1 concept. Instead, D3, D2 and NAIA allow the player 10 full time semesters (or 15 quarters). So the greyshirt year has no effect on eligibility.

The primary advantage to a student (compared to attending a JUCO) is he is attending the D3 4 year school. He may prefer the D3 environment (socially, academically, etc.) to a JUCO. The disadvantage is that he isn't playing and isn't (if the rules are carefully followed) practicing with the coaches or team.

I suppose this is a regional thing, but in this neck of the woods, if a freshman player isn't good enough to make the roster at a D3 (even a highly competitive one), it is no slam dunk that he'll make the roster at a JC.

If baseball was important... Why would anyone do this? Aren't they telling you you're not good enough? Or are they saying after you sit around here for a year doing nothing we will want you to be an important part of our highly competitive program?

Kind of sounds like a way to increase enrollment to me. BTW, that does happen at times at the DIII level. Because the number of students (baseball players or not) is vitally important.

I haven't heard of this practice but it would make me uncomfortable. You gotta take the hours sometime, either summer school, an extra semester, or a heavier load, presumably while you are playing baseball.