Transfer 4 games

[Wag Tag]

McCleskey, OSU.  Nance, Ark are both taking redshirts for this season and transferring! Both started the first 4 games putting in effect the 4 game redshirt rule. I never anticipated this angle when the rule was installed. Nance is a Sr. Can he take the redshirt and also use a graduate transfer to play 2 seasons at another school?

[MeanGreenTexan]

23 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

McCleskey, OSU.  Nance, Ark are both taking redshirts for this season and transferring! Both started the first 4 games putting in effect the 4 game redshirt rule. I never anticipated this angle when the rule was installed. Nance is a Sr. Can he take the redshirt and also use a graduate transfer to play 2 seasons at another school?

Grad transfer only works if he graduates early.

Usually you see grad transfers who redshirted their freshman year, and finish their undergrad in 4 years, so they have 1 more year of eligibility (5 years to play 4) to play.

If he's going to use a redshirt this year, it probably means he's played his first 3 years already... which means he would only have 1 more year of eligibility.

[outoftown]

Yeah, I realized that about two games ago: some players who never redshirted are likely to postpone their decisions until 4 games into the season in the future and potentially holding coaches hostage. We're likely to see some diva stories in college football in the future, where guys who lose their position battles at the start of the season will take their ball and go elsewhere. In the future, we might only know by game 4-5 what the teams two depth really looks like.

The one good thing about it is, that everyone can do this one time only.

Edited September 25, 2018 by outoftown

[Wag Tag]

18 minutes ago, outoftown said:

Yeah, I realized that about two games ago: some players who never redshirted are likely to postpone their decisions until 4 games into the season in the future and potentially holding coaches hostage. We're likely to see some diva stories in college football in the future, where guys who lose their position battles at the start of the season will take their ball and go elsewhere. In the future, we might only know by game 4-5 what the teams two depth really looks like.

The one good thing about it is, that everyone can do this one time only.

Both these guys are starters. At Ark if you don’t like what you see (getting pounded) redshirt and leave!

[greeneagle1]

21 minutes ago, outoftown said:

Yeah, I realized that about two games ago: some players who never redshirted are likely to postpone their decisions until 4 games into the season in the future and potentially holding coaches hostage. We're likely to see some diva stories in college football in the future, where guys who lose their position battles at the start of the season will take their ball and go elsewhere. In the future, we might only know by game 4-5 what the teams two depth really looks like.

The one good thing about it is, that everyone can do this one time only.

Good points, but the school still has to release the transfer. 

[outoftown]

1 hour ago, Wag Tag said:

Both these guys are starters. At Ark if you don’t like what you see (getting pounded) redshirt and leave!

At least at Ark it may not just be getting pounded, but also not feeling the new coach.

Another angle could just be that one gets an extra semester of free tuition, doubt that is the rationale though.