Redshirt vs Medical Hardship Waivers

 

REDSHIRT VS. MEDICAL HARDSHIP WAIVERS

 

 

REDSHIRT

MEDICAL HARDSHIP

Description

The term "redshirt" is used to describe a student-athlete who does not participate in competition in a sport for an entire academic year. If the student-athlete does not compete at all during the academic year, he/she has not used a season of competition.

A medical hardship is for those student-athletes who have sustained an incapacitating injury or illness which prevented them from competing in the remainder of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship.

Form

There is no official form to complete for a redshirt student-athlete. However, a student-athlete's participation in competition is recorded on the Competition Record Form (KCA-011) which must be submitted by the coach to the King College compliance office at the completion of a team's season.

The King College compliance office applies to the conference and/or the NCAA for a medical hardship waiver.  The conference and/or NCAA determines whether the student-athlete should be granted an additional year of competition as a result of his/her incapacitating injury or illness.

 

Seasons of Eligibility

Any competition, regardless of the time played, during a season in an intercollegiate sport is counted as a season of competition in that sport except as indicated below. This applies to all intercollegiate athletics competition for any collegiate institution at the varsity or sub-varsity level.

  • W Volleyball & M, W Soccer: A student-athlete may engage in outside competition during the segment of the playing season that does not conclude with the NCAA championship (non-championship segment) without using a season of competition, provided the student-athlete was academically eligible during the segment that concludes with the NCAA Championship (championship segment). [14.2.4.1.2]