tornado
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I think there is some misunderstanding on the greyshirting rule..
the greyshirting applies to the fall semester when an athlete IS NOT RECRUITED AND IS NOT GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP, AND does NOT fully enroll, and either takes just a few classes (fewer then 12 hours that's designated by NCAA as full time student and starts the "clock" ticking) then once that athlete enrolls midyear - he becomes a full time student then the clock starts ticking.
The benefit, if that by enrolling in January, your eligiblity goes through January five full seasons later - which is a GOOD thing for football, since it allows you to be eligibile for football in your final season.
In effect, it allows you to redshirt TWO seasons...the one you didn't enroll out of high school, then another one, since you still have five years..
BUT - greyshirting isn't as going to help a guy who wants to play basketball in this situation...and here's why...
Wilkins certainly enrolled last January at Southeast for at least 12 hours, right...plus I am certain he'll be considered a recruited athlete and was given a schoarship...
so the clock starts ticking...and he isn't covered in any way under the issue of greyshirting...
GREYSHIRTING does NOT apply to any student who is a full time student (nor recruited, nor givena scholarship)...
so once Wilkins enrolled as a full time student, his clock started ticking and runs out in Jan. of 2014...
so there does not appear to be any easy way for Wilkins to utilize the greyshirt rule..
BUT -- there is a way for Wilkins to get FOUR FULL YEARS of eligibility!!
If he graduates from juco this spring, then if he takes one semester off as a mission allowance (like Harris is doing), then re-enters Bradley in January of 2011, then he would play the entire 2nd half of 2010-2011 (remember he's gonna miss 5 games),
but then he will also still have 3 more years of eligibility and his clock won't run out until the end of the 2013-2014 season.
It isn't a likely scenario, but it is allowed.....
the greyshirting applies to the fall semester when an athlete IS NOT RECRUITED AND IS NOT GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP, AND does NOT fully enroll, and either takes just a few classes (fewer then 12 hours that's designated by NCAA as full time student and starts the "clock" ticking) then once that athlete enrolls midyear - he becomes a full time student then the clock starts ticking.
The benefit, if that by enrolling in January, your eligiblity goes through January five full seasons later - which is a GOOD thing for football, since it allows you to be eligibile for football in your final season.
In effect, it allows you to redshirt TWO seasons...the one you didn't enroll out of high school, then another one, since you still have five years..
BUT - greyshirting isn't as going to help a guy who wants to play basketball in this situation...and here's why...
Wilkins certainly enrolled last January at Southeast for at least 12 hours, right...plus I am certain he'll be considered a recruited athlete and was given a schoarship...
so the clock starts ticking...and he isn't covered in any way under the issue of greyshirting...
GREYSHIRTING does NOT apply to any student who is a full time student (nor recruited, nor givena scholarship)...
so once Wilkins enrolled as a full time student, his clock started ticking and runs out in Jan. of 2014...
so there does not appear to be any easy way for Wilkins to utilize the greyshirt rule..
BUT -- there is a way for Wilkins to get FOUR FULL YEARS of eligibility!!
If he graduates from juco this spring, then if he takes one semester off as a mission allowance (like Harris is doing), then re-enters Bradley in January of 2011, then he would play the entire 2nd half of 2010-2011 (remember he's gonna miss 5 games),
but then he will also still have 3 more years of eligibility and his clock won't run out until the end of the 2013-2014 season.
It isn't a likely scenario, but it is allowed.....
