Will Rallis get a

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This is the definition of a medical redshirt (or Hardship waiver) per the NCAA

A. "Hardship" is defined by NCAA regulations as "an incapacity resulting from an injury or illness," provided that certain criteria set forth by NCAA regulations are met. Such incapacity may include a female athlete's pregnancy. A student-athlete will not be charged with the loss of that season of competition eligibility by the conference or the Academics / Eligibility / Compliance Cabinet if all the following criteria are met:
1. The incapacitating injury or illness occurs in one of the four seasons of intercollegiate competition at any two-year or four-year collegiate institution or occurs subsequent to the first day of classes in the student-athlete's senior year of high school;
2. The injury or illness occurs prior to the completion of the first half of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship in that sport and results in incapacity to compete for the remainder of that playing season; and
3. The injury/illness occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than two contests or dates of competition (whichever is applicable to that sport), or 30% (whichever number is greater) of the institution's scheduled contests or dates of competition in his or her sport. Only scheduled competition (excluding exhibition contests and scrimmages) 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), is countable in calculating the number of contests or dates of competition in which the student-athlete has participated and the number of scheduled contests or dates of competition during that season in the sport.

I think he will get a medical redshirt. I think it should be read as...You can't play if you have played in 3 contests or 30% of your team's season (whichever is greater).....

Well, 30% of the football season is 3.6 games, and since 3.6 > 3, you use the 30% benchmark. Rallis was injured during the 3rd game (so 2.5 lets say). Rallis did not compete in 30% of the football season, therefore he should get a medical redshirt.

I think that is how it works...
 

I posed a similar question earlier in the year.

There was much debate, but I'm fairly confident we concluded that he would be eligible for a RS.
 

I think we did. There's also the little line that says they only count full games. Nobody has figured out what they do with the rounding. It annoys me. It's typical NCAA, let's not clarify anything.
 

KoolAid said:
I posed a similar question earlier in the year.

There was much debate, but I'm fairly confident we concluded that he would be eligible for a RS.
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Yeah, I actually pulled my response in this thread from my response in that thread. We did put our collective heads together and conclude that we thought he probably was eligible for a RS.
 


Assuming he comes back fully healthy, what are we expecting out of him?

Significant playing time?
 

I actually expect him to more up to LB (maybe eventually FB?).
 

Bob_Loblaw said:
I actually expect him to more up to LB (maybe eventually FB?).
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We're on the same page here. The kid can clearly play and I thought he was off to a terrific start on special teams this year.

He'll play defense, I have no doubt about that. Where on defense is anyone's guess. But I'm pretty sure he'll play linebacker next year.

I mentioned this in another thread, but Cooper is the only guaranteed started at LB next year - playing that same weakside hybrid that Simoni played this year. After that, there will probably be a competition between Tinsley, Reeves, and Rallis for the other two spots.
 

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