The point is, that yes he can take last year as his redshirt year, he has to inform the NCAA. Most view this as the paperwork formality that it is, but it still has to be done.PlayerRep said:RobGriz said:Every student-athlete at BC has five years from the time they enroll in classes full-time for the first time in order to fit in four years of eligibility. If you use up those four years of eligibility in your first four years of college, then that’s all you get. If you don’t play until your fifth year of college, you only get to play one seasonPlayerRep said:go4two said:His redshirt is just a formality. He will have 2 years left.
Maybe we should get RG a book on the very basics of redshirt rules, and teach him how to count to 5. Petition the ncaa for a redshirt year. Now that's pretty funny.
The absence of a definition notwithstanding, a student-athlete redshirts when they do not participate in any intercollegiate competition during a given academic year. The main reason for purposely redshirting a student-athlete is to preserve a year of their eligibility. The moment a student-athlete competes for a single second of time or a single play, they will use up one of their four years of eligibility. “Intercollegiate competition” includes any contests against outside competition, regardless of how the competition is classified (e.g., scrimmages, exhibitions, etc.). (NCAA Bylaw 14.02.6)
So what is the point of posting this? Everyone else already knew this. JJ participated his frosh and sophomore year. Last fall was his redshirt year. Now he has two years left.
By the way, JJ is a full-time student this semester, and also was in the fall. Don't know where the Kaimin came up with its incorrect information in an article several days ago.
Also, the University could have in anticipation of JJ's return, informed the NCAA at the beginning of last year that JJ was redshirting and he would not have to petition them at all.