If a player is hurt during the season of their senior year, ends up having surgery and taking a medical redshirt, is it required for them to come back to that same school the following year or can their final year of eligibilty transfer to another school?

2/21/2007 8:10:06 AM

If he is in D1 then he has to play at the same school unless he transfers to a D2 school. If he goes to another team in the same division then he would have to sit out one year and then that medical redshirt year would be wasted.

2/21/2007 8:12:39 AM

wait how is it wasted? he would get ONE year to play on the new team right?

2/21/2007 8:13:37 AM

I think when you transfer you have to sit out one year before playing for that team. I think You lose a year of eligibility unless you haven't burned a redshirt, then you can redshirt. I don't know the actual rule on this though. This is for only transferring to another D1 school. You can go straight to playing in a D2 school.

2/21/2007 8:22:36 AM

^^ Exactly you have to sit out one year and use a year of elegiabilty. So if all you have is one year of a medical redshirt then you will use that year. Thats why you don't see many juniors leave teams to go play some where else.

2/21/2007 8:24:57 AM

under the new NCAA rule, if you have already graduated but have not exhausted your eligibility, you are allowed to transfer within division without sitting out a year. it happened to ASU when Kevin Kruger left for UNLV

so in your hypothetical, the dude needs to graduate real quick, grab his redshirt then transfer. then by the time he's healthy he'll be able to play immediately without sitting out

2/21/2007 10:00:26 AM

Quote :

"under the new NCAA rule, if you have already graduated but have not exhausted your eligibility, you are allowed to transfer within division without sitting out a year. it happened to ASU when Kevin Kruger left for UNLV"

They already repealed this rule.

2/21/2007 12:45:58 PM

there are also special cases where the NCAA allows you to transfer without sitting out year. Liek the RB at Clemson that transferred there to be closer to his sick mom.

2/21/2007 2:24:14 PM

speaking of medical redshirts, whats lurch doing back on the bench?

2/21/2007 2:52:26 PM