Horns247 Board

Equally excited over here... one question though.

Why do you think Byndom would consider going to the NFL? I don't even see that as a consideration after this year.

Do you know something that we don't?

thanks for the corrections. Here is updated link.

Remember Zoom In icon at upper left corner...

I didn't think you could apply for a medical RS until you had exhausted your eligibility.

I'm not sure if I have the terminology correct, but a medical redshirt is what Sed Flowers received and what Hicks should be able to get. If you've lost 2 years to the same injury, then you can apply for a medical hardship after your 5 years are up, which is what Jordan Shipley received.

Learn something new every day... thanks for the clarification.

Billings wants to play DT.

Why do you think Perkins is a guard? I'm hearing Right Tackle all the way.

I really doubt that Billings starts on the OL. He was offered as a DT on or before his OV, and I had heard that he was told he would start as a DT if he chooses Texas. Mods, your thoughts?

Medical Redshirt is a colloquial and inaccurate equivalent term to medical hardship. I have heard the "apply after 5 years are up" story many times, but it is not actually included in the bylaws that deal with the medical hardship.

www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D110.pdf
14.2.4 Hardship Waiver. A student-athlete may be granted an additional year of competition by the confer-
ence or the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement for reasons of “hardship.” Hardship is defined as an
incapacity resulting from an injury or illness that has occurred under all of the following conditions: (Revised:
8/8/02, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08)
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(a) The incapacitating injury or illness occurs in one of the four seasons of intercollegiate competition at any two-
year or four-year collegiate institutions or occurs after the first day of classes in the student-athlete’s senior year
in high school; (Revised: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/92, 11/1/01, 8/8/02)
(b) The injury or illness occurs prior to the first competition of the second half of the playing season that con-
cludes with the NCAA championship in that sport (see Bylaw 14.2.4.3.4) and results in incapacity to com-
pete for the remainder of that playing season; (Revised: 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 4/26/01 effective 8/1/01,
4/3/02, 4/24/08)
(c) In team sports, the injury or illness occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than three
contests or dates of competition (whichever is applicable to that sport) or 30 percent (whichever number is
greater) of the institution’s scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition in his or her sport. Only
scheduled or completed competition against outside participants during the playing season that concludes
with the NCAA championship, or, if so designated, during the official NCAA championship playing season
in that sport (e.g., spring baseball, fall soccer), shall be countable under this limitation in calculating both the
number of contests or dates of competition in which the student-athlete has participated and the number of
scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition during that season in the sport. Dates of competition
that are exempted (e.g., alumni contests, foreign team in the United States.) from the maximum permissible
number of contests or dates of competition shall count toward the number of contests or dates in which the
student-athlete has participated and the number of scheduled or completed contests or dates of competi-
tion in the season, except for scrimmages and exhibition contests that are specifically identified as such in
the sport’s Bylaw 17 playing and practice season regulations. Scrimmages and exhibition contests that are
not exempted from the maximum permissible number of contests or dates of competition may be excluded
from the calculation only if they are identified as such by in the sport’s Bylaw 17 playing and practice season
regulations; and (Revised: 1/10/92, 1/14/97 effective 8/1/97, 4/26/01 effective 8/1/01, 3/10/04, 5/11/05, 8/4/05,
4/26/07, 9/18/07, 4/24/08)
(d) In individual sports, the injury or illness occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than
three dates of competition or 30 percent (whichever number is greater) of the maximum permissible number
of dates of competition as set forth in Bylaw 17 plus one date for a conference championship (e.g., gymnas-
tics: 13+1=14, wrestling: 16+1=17), regardless of whether the team participates in the conference champion-
ship, provided the institution is a member of a conference and the conference holds a championship event
in the applicable sport. Dates of competition that are exempted per Bylaw 17 (e.g., alumni contests, foreign
team in the United States) from the maximum permissible number of dates of competition

One "cue" I would have ignored, but three demanded attention. ;) I also hope you're wrong on Perkins.