Redshirt rule

[TourneyBound]

So football came up with new rule to let players redshirt if they play in 4 games or less!  Why hasn't basketball adopted a rule like this for players.  It just makes too much sense..  Id like to see an 8-10 game rule or something around there.  If football can do it why not basketball.??

[Handy Johnson]

I don't see why not, let the player get his feet wet and give the Coaches a chance to see what they've got when the bullets are flyin' (sorry about mixing metaphors). Someone told me last Sat. the Frosh can only play the 1st 4 games, not spread out or at the end. Is that true? I guess it makes sense and keeps teams from holding out a Marcus Dupree until the end of the season to win a Bowl game. 

[TourneyBound]

3 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

I don't see why not, let the player get his feet wet and give the Coaches a chance to see what they've got when the bullets are flyin' (sorry about mixing metaphors). Someone told me last Sat. the Frosh can only play the 1st 4 games, not spread out or at the end. Is that true? I guess it makes sense and keeps teams from holding out a Marcus Dupree until the end of the season to win a Bowl game. 

no I believe its any 4 games, doesn't have to be the first 4.

[Handy Johnson]

That's what I thought too... but I'm sure someone willingly to do the legwork will set us straight.

[rwhiston]

1 hour ago, ConkintheCorner said:

So football came up with new rule to let players redshirt if they play in 4 games or less!  Why hasn't basketball adopted a rule like this for players.  It just makes too much sense..  Id like to see an 8-10 game rule or something around there.  If football can do it why not basketball.??

I could see it working both positively and negatively for us in basketball. As we've seen in football some guys get beat out for starting jobs and after 4 games they bolt. With basketball and the current culture of college athletes, this could have huge impacts on teams as far as depth if a kid isn't starting but still plays wants to move on midway through the year. (A little like what Jordy tried to pull last year but on a bigger scale.) be On the flip side a rule like this would mean a kid like Tanner would have another year left and he wouldn't be punished for playing like 1 minute of mop up duty his sophomore year.

[TheKamdyMan]

I have a feeling the NCAA is feeling out how the first year goes in football to see how the fallout from it and then fix the gaps where there are errors and improve it for all sports.

[HuskerFever]

3 hours ago, rwhiston said:

I could see it working both positively and negatively for us in basketball. As we've seen in football some guys get beat out for starting jobs and after 4 games they bolt. With basketball and the current culture of college athletes, this could have huge impacts on teams as far as depth if a kid isn't starting but still plays wants to move on midway through the year. (A little like what Jordy tried to pull last year but on a bigger scale.) be On the flip side a rule like this would mean a kid like Tanner would have another year left and he wouldn't be punished for playing like 1 minute of mop up duty his sophomore year.

 

A handful of Miles' success at Nebraska has been through finding undervalued players on the transfer market. This just opens up the door for him even more.