Medical Hardship?
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this was the rule, but there are plenty of documented exceptions now.
Mark Emmert just reported that he's a good candidate for a medical hardship waiver.
I don't understand how that is possible. So they are essentially asking for a 6th year. Was there any injury last year for which he redshirted? I thought that was solely for developmental reasons. I guess it's worth a try, but not holding my breath.
Keenum got a sixth year because he had two full years of injury. Gibbs simply got a medical redshirt but didn't get an extension on the 5 year clock.
Thorne got a sixth year because of two full years of injury.
Nunge will only have one full year of injury. In the rules there isn't an exception for when you have a voluntary redshirt. NCAA could grant I guess if petitioned but it would be a very rare case.
I do see though, in the new rules if the kid can show that he was forced to redshirt by the school he may be able to get an additional year.
Mark Emmert doesn't know what he is talking about.
"This is problematic for athletes took a normal redshirt season or sat out due to a transfer. An athlete can generally not use a medical redshirt in those cases unless they get a clock extension or sixth year waiver. To do that the athlete show they lost two seasons outside of his or her control. The medical redshirt would be one, but the athlete would still need to show another."
Gibbs played 6 years. So did Keenum.
Keenum wasn’t injured his first year until they applied for the waiver.
IIRC, didn't Gibbs miss two (or most of two) seasons with knee and shoulder injuries? I know he sat out because of a transfer, but he was hurt during that season.
Didn’t he have a back injury at some point since joining the program as well? I may be misremembering
He was recovering from mono in the off season and lost some weight per the last paragraph of this story, so he might have an excuse there.
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