Semi OT: FBS coaches unanimously vote for redshirt rule of 9 games + playoffs

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Still needs NCAA approval

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Lmao. Why not 11?

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Would this apply for Boogie?

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9 games? Lmao what in the world

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Let’s vote for unlimited scholarships, rosters and redshirts, too. :laughing:

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Cool, so we can have 35-yr old “college” football players :rofl: :rofl:

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A crazy idea!

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They should just ask the TV networks what rules they want !!!

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here’s a crazy idea: what if graduation earned you an extra year of eligibility

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And Basketball can’t play in one game?

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Would it apply retroactively?

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Exactly. Makes no sense.

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So pretty much everybody would get 5 or 6 years because everybody misses 3 games in one of their seasons due to injury and a medical redshirt would just require missing an additional 3 games. Does this mean a player could play 4 full seasons and then get their “redshirt” season where all they have to do is sit out 3 games.

The rational makes sense, it’s to prevent players that don’t like their situation from self red-shirting 4 games into the season tying up roster spots with guys that cannot contribute, but I think the would abuse it.

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Can we just skip to the part where there is no limit on eligibility.

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Or the part where players do not have to be enrolled for any classes, i.e., do not have to be college students.

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I like it!

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Not seeing where it says 9 regular season games + postseason play. At first read it suggests to me that 9 games is the max cap including postseason play. Which would make sense considering that a player can now play in 4 regular season games plus up to 5 post season games (CCG + CFP) which equals 9.

9 games plus postseason play would be up to 14 games and still preserve redshirt. That would be ridiculous.

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Skip playing your 2 cupcake games and maybe one easy conference game. That allows you to redshirt.

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Thats ridiculous…You cant play 9 games and redshirt! The NCAA may be idiots, but even they arent going to approve that. FBS is unhappy with all the players jumping, but come on…

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They should really just get rid of redshirting altogether. The transfer rules have made it obsolete. Just push the easy button and put the max at 5 or 6 years of college football eligibility.

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