NCAA.ORG: What is a redshirt?
This entry was posted on 12/7/2008 9:31 AM and is filed under Boys Basketball News, Girls Basketball News.
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Student-Athlete Eligibility
Frequently-Asked Questions
on Redshirts, Age Limits, and Graduate Participation
- What is a redshirt?
Redshirt Definition The term "redshirt" is used to describe a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If you do not compete in a sport the entire academic year, you have not used a season of competition. For example, if you are a qualifier, and you attend a four-year college your freshman year, and you practice but do not compete against outside competition, you would still have the next four years to play four seasons of competition.
Each student is allowed no more than four seasons of competition per sport. If you were not a qualifier, you may have fewer seasons of competition available to you. You should know that NCAA rules indicate that any competition, regardless of time, during a season counts as one of your seasons of competition in that sport. It does not matter how long you were involved in a particular competition (for example, one play in a football game, one point in a volleyball match); you will be charged with one season of competition.
Please contact the certifying institution or conference for additional information. You also may contact the NCAA membership services staff at 317/917-6222 if you have further questions |
We get a number of questions from current and former Metro players about "redshirting". There are a lot of misperceptions with parents and players.
It is important to notice that if you play at all you will have used up a year of competition. You may not play a few games and then consider redshirting the decision must be made prior to the beginning of the season.
The decision to redshirt is a joint decision between the player and their coach. While we may expect the coaches to do what is in the best interest of the player, often times that is not the case. Coaches are paid professionals that need to do what is best for them to enable them to succeed in their careers. Hopefully they look out for both the player's and coaches' interest, unfortunately, often times that is not the case.
If you have any questions regarding NCAA rules/recruiting/ eligibility etc. please feel free to contact Coach Hammer.
