Academic Redshirts – 2016

It’s about time the NCAA tightened its requirements for student-athletes coming out of high school – and it has. But the new rules are not in effect until this coming year’s high school freshmen graduate.

This article is on the football page at ESPN, but it also applies to other NCAA sports.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/7885522/new-recruiting-incoming-eligibility-standards-create-term