Does Fall Ball count towards a player's 4 years of NCAA eligibility? Does anyone know where to check/confirm?
No, playing a fall ball game does not count as playing a season.. ie if you play a full fall ball this year and then get hurt during the spring preseason and get a redshirt you get that year back..you can also play fall ball and transfer schools, ( with the previous coaches permission) and can play for another team that spring
Wrong one fall ball second of playing time counts as season.
Correct. From the NCAA page, which does not make it easy to find this information.
Redshirt: In Divisions I or II, redshirting refers to someone who is enrolled full-time at a school, but does not play for an entire academic year for the sole purpose of saving a season of competition. A redshirt does not play in any college games or scrimmage in a given sport for an entire academic year, even though that student is otherwise eligible. If you do not play in a sport the entire academic year, you have not used a season of competition. However, if you play in even one second of a game as a college student-athlete, you are not a redshirt. Redshirting does not exist in Division III because if you play or practice after your first opportunity to compete, you are charged with a season of participation.
Incorrect. This rule was just changed to exclude fall ball. That is the reason that Danita Stroup at Northwestern was just made eligible for a 5th year. The rule change is retroactive for all current players' eligibility windows.
Had heard that but couldn't find it written anywhere.
