red shirt rules?

Don't know the rules but I would start here - click the search button and enter redshirt rules - it has been discussed before.

Don't know if this applies but when my son is vauge about something it usually means he is withholding some information.

Best of luck!

"Each student-athlete is eligible for four years of competition in each of their chosen sports. If a qualified incoming student-athlete is "redshirted" his or her freshman year (i.e., practices but does not compete), four full years of eligibility still remain. An extra year of eligibility can also be granted via a "hardship waiver" if a student-athlete suffers an incapacitating injury or illness in the course of a season. The injury must occur during the first half of the season and the student-athlete, in Divisions I and II, must not have participated in more than two contests or 20% of the school's completed contests, whichever is greater. In Division III, the threshhold is three contests or 33% of completed contests, whichever is greater. For more information on redshirt eligibility."

My understanding is that absent the injury situation, no game play is allowed, so I think it's all or nothing. At times, folks on here have espoused a cetain percentage of games that can be played and still wear the redshirt, but I think they confused the medical redshirt rules with the non-injury rules.

It has been discussed a few times on here as to the pros and cons, so a search will likely turn up those threads.

falconmom ...

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If he has one at bat, is the red-shirt off?

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For a true redshirt, the answer would be yes. It is those who qualify for a medical hardship waiver (commonly referred to as a "medical redshirt) that can have played a very limited amount and still be granted a waiver.

There are lots of factors to consider before the decision is made, and your son's case is only the second one I have heard about ... and only recently ... where the coach seems to be leaving the decision up to the player. That was definitely not something that was done at our son's school as it was entirely the coaches' decision. But with only 20-25 at-bats a possibility, a redshirt year might not be a bad decision for a freshman.

Good luck.