Part V: When You re in the Big Leagues in .NET framework

Encode ANSI/AIM Code 128 in .NET framework Part V: When You re in the Big Leagues

Another reason student-athletes redshirt has everything to do with personality conflict and little to do with sport Redshirting is part of college sports because the collegiate sports world is filled with dynamic personalities Sometimes, those personalities clash, and the coach/athlete relationship just isn t working We ve interviewed countless athletes, parents, and coaches who talked about the need to transfer (and redshirt) when that coach/athlete relationship began to unravel Whether it s a difference in coaching style, a question of work ethic, the Saturday-morning lineup, or team responsibilities, sometimes the best option is for the student to transfer to another school Transferring can force you to sit out of competition during your first year at the new school, which is generally used as your redshirt year

Various rules having to do with time govern your play as a college athlete, and redshirting can affect each of them In the following sections, we spell it all out

At the Division I level, you have five consecutive years from the time you initially become a full-time student to complete your four seasons of competition (assuming you were a qualifier) This is commonly called the five-year clock or five-year rule The five-year period is relevant because, even though you may redshirt one year, your five-year clock is still ticking So if you redshirt during your freshman year, you have to complete your four seasons of competition during the next four consecutive years A qualifier is someone who is immediately eligible to play his freshman year at a Division I or II school based on his GPA and test scores At the Division II and Division III levels, there is no consecutive five-year clock The principle is the same with the 10-semester/ 15-quarter rule at those schools, which says you have 10 semesters or 15 quarters of full-time enrollment to complete your seasons of competition Unlike the 5-year clock in Division I, if you aren t enrolled as a full-time student for a semester or quarter, it does not count toward your 10-semester/15-quarter clock Here s an example of the five-year rule in action: Let s say you come in as a freshman, and your coach decides that you ll redshirt that

year You then play during your sophomore year, but during your junior year, you suffer an injury in the second game of the season that incapacitates you for the remainder of the year You recover from the injury and then play your senior year and your fifth year, but you want to try to regain that season that was cut short due to the injury Unfortunately, in this scenario, even though you may meet the criteria for a medical-hardship waiver, you have no more time left on your five-year clock We cannot begin to tell you how many waiver requests like this the NCAA receives and almost every single one of them is denied, because the decision to not compete during freshman year was not beyond the athlete s control The NCAA rules and regulations on these matters are hard to accept at times They re also very clear But because each situation is different, we recommend that you contact the director of compliance at your school or the NCAA directly if you have any questions You may be wondering whether you can redshirt if you play only a few minutes in a season and then get injured If the game clock was ticking, that time counts, and you can t redshirt the year This rule is a tough one to accept for athletes who were inured in the first three minutes of the game, but according to NCAA regulation, any amount of time counts as one of your seasons of competition in that sport Even if you run out onto the field or court for the last two minutes and never touch the ball, you ll be charged with one season of competition The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) recently proposed legislation to allow student-athletes in the sport of football to have five seasons of competition and to eliminate redshirting and medical-hardship waivers The proposal didn t receive a lot of initial support, so the ACC withdrew the proposal, but don t be surprised if a similar proposal is submitted in the near future