Female redshirt

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Originally posted by workinghard:
Never have heard of a redshirt female athlete before.

You might not have heard of them before, but now you've seen them...



...the redshirted women's volleyball team from Palomar College...they are indeed nice looking athletes!




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Softball is not baseball for girls with a bigger ball. It's softball. Different sport. Different rules. Different roster size. Different number of scholarships.

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Originally posted by RJM:
Softball is not baseball for girls with a bigger ball. It's softball. Different sport. Different rules. Different roster size. Different number of scholarships.

Thanks for the clarification there RJM. I'm fully aware of all you stated above.

Football is not baseball without a bat either, but they sit. Basketball is not baseball without a glove, they sit.

The question RJM, are female athletes required to sit out a year for transferring. If not, doesn't it hurt the APR just like the men.

What about Title IX

They just put in the sit rule for DI baseball due to NCAA's thoughts about graduation rates and perception about recruiting going on during summer leagues.

May not have been perceived problems with softball and is not instituted for other levels of baseball.

My daughter is five years older than my son. I coached 18U Gold softball for a few years. The transfer rate among softball players doesn't seem to be as high as baseball from my past players history and talking to other coaches. I believe the girls know why they're really at college since the only possible future in the game is Team USA. The NPFL is a joke and doesn't pay well. In fact, I think they suspended operations for the fourth time this past summer. Girls are more likely to transfer from getting tired of recruiting by teammates on the other side of the fence than playing time. My daughter has been a part time player for three years and never mentioned transferring. She told the recruiters "it's not happening" and they backed off.

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Do female athletes have to go by the same sit out rule as male athletes?

Yep. With rare eceptions, neither men nor women have to sit. Assuming that academic progress is satisfactory, any JC athlete can transfer without sitting. Practically speaking, D3 and NAIA have no sit out rule. D2 allows all athletes to transfer in once from a different 4 year school. In D1, nearly all sports also allow a one-time 4 to 4 transfer.

Here are the sports which require sitting out when transferring into a D1 school from a 4 year school: baseball, basketball, bowl subdivision football or men’s ice hockey.

It's true that only basketball is played by women, but I think it is a stretch to believe that the rule has any relationship to gender. The sports involved are the ones which have demonstrated a problem with excessive transferring.

However, if the current coach, and school, does not grant a release, I believe the student-athlete still has to sit out a year. At least, one of my cousins (DI conference player of year) did, when she left for a neighboring DI school (different conference, but only about 50 miles away). Release was not granted, and she was not eligible at new school without sitting for a year.

Yes, the player needs a release. The previous coach can provide a release, but can't unilaterally deny the release.

14.5.5.2.10 d. If the student is transferring from an NCAA or NAIA member institution, the student’s previous institution shall certify in writing that it has no objection to the student’s being granted an exception to the transfer-residence requirement. If the student’s previous institution denies his or her request for the release, the institution shall inform the student-athlete in writing that he or she, upon request, shall be provided a hearing conducted by an institutional entity or committee outside of the athletics department (e.g., the office of student affairs; office of the dean of students; or a committee composed of the faculty athletics representative, student-athletes and nonathletics faculty/staff members). The institution shall have established reasonable procedures for promptly hearing such a request.

Being granted a hearing doesn't necessarily result in a release, but it probably increases the chances.

Recruiting rules play into this as well. 13.1.1.3 requires permission from the first school before a second school can talk to the player. If permission is not granted, there is a hearing provision. If permission is not granted, but the player transfers anyway, she/he is not eligible for athletic aid for one year.

When did the transfer (sit) rule take effect? The last group I coached are juniors now. The first group would have graduated two years ago. A few transferred without problem. I do know they had to get releases. I figured it was a formality.