Richie Springs Academic Redshirt

[jkfer98]

 

[mdkhusky]

This was already known for a while if you looked at his Instagram

 

[Njalum1422]

Guess he was a little too raw still. *knock on wood* injury strikes can they bring him in ? Or it is not reversible?

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Uhm...what’s the point?

 

[Wordbomar]

My guess would be it's due to:

1. He's very young still.
2. Whaley has carved out the role of the backup 5 man to Carlton.
3. Polley and Akok playing better than anticipated.

 

[goskis2018]

Can he still play in a handful of games like they do in football or can he not participate whatsoever?

 

[UconnU]

This was to be expected right?

It does rule out him being really good in practice though. If they could use him now they obviously would regardless of the competition.

 

[dannyHAM]

I like the redshirt. He’s young and raw. Gives him time to acclimate to the college game. High upside.

 

[Cuse Socks]

we literally cannot have an ounce of excitement in this program without it getting shot out of the sky

 

[CL82]

I like the redshirt. He’s young and raw. Gives him time to acclimate to the college game. High upside.

Akok benefited, apparently, from his time on campus last year. Richie will have more. As long as it doesn't impact the rotation I think it is a good thing,

(Not sure it worth speculating about about, but academic redshirt makes me wonder if he is a partial qualifier. Mods feel free to delete this is you feel like the speculation is out of bounds.)

 

[CL82]

we literally cannot have an ounce of excitement in this program without it getting shot out of the sky

 

[Mister P]

Hmmm..
I was hoping he’d get some experience this year but the staff obviously thought he wasn’t ready.
I guess it can be viewed as a positive that Polley,Akok and Whaley must be playing well and that Springs can still practice this year and come back next year being stronger and more ready to fit the system.Much like the route Akok took.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

we literally cannot have an ounce of excitement in this program without it getting shot out of the sky

Were we overly excited about Springs? I didn’t expect him to see much playing time this year.

 

[auror]

(Not sure it worth speculating about about, but academic redshirt makes me wonder if he is a partial qualifier. Mods feel free to delete this is you feel like the speculation is out of bounds.)

In 2016, a new status could be applied to prospective student athletes, dubbed an academic redshirt. That year, the NCAA started enforcing new, stricter admissions requirements for incoming athletic freshmen. Under these new requirements, a student athlete who meets a school’s own academic admission requirements yet does not meet the NCAA requirement of a 2.3 GPA across four years, may enter school as an academic redshirt. This student can receive an athletic scholarship and practice with the team, but may not participate in competition. An academic redshirt does not lose a year of eligibility, and may later take an injury redshirt if needed. Finally, academic redshirts must complete nine academic credit hours in their first semester and may then compete in their second year, free of restrictions

What to know about the new 'academic redshirt'

A look at the impact on recruiting and the criticisms.

www.sbnation.com

 

[Cuse Socks]

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If he gets injured I'll go lay down on I-84

 

[AntG168]

I don’t get the negative response to this

 

[WrenchFan69]

Thick Whaley time. Porkchop about to eat

 

[ASweet3781]

I don’t get the negative response to this

Maybe because we only have 10 scholarship players and if we have any sort of injury or suspension we will be hard pressed to not have a repeat of last year?

 

[kansashusky]

I think this is because he didn’t qualify academically, not due to ability. Strange.

 

[AntG168]

Maybe because we only have 10 scholarship players and if we have any sort of injury or suspension we will be hard pressed to not have a repeat of last year?

You can’t make decisions in fear of injury. If the kid isn’t ready he wouldn’t help anyway. The same ppl crying about this got on Ollie about not doing the same thing with Enoch. Hurley is making this decision with the future in mind. As he should. Whaley is the back up 5. Akok can spell us some time there as well in small lineup. Making decisions based on our previous ptsd is bad practice

 

[Horatio]

I don’t get the negative response to this

It’s because we’re a traumatized fan base and any little change or incident makes us nervous. It does appear to be a good situation for Springs.

 

[superjohn]

When is the last time we had a full roster?

 

[Dabutlerdidit]

it sounds like Whaley made some big leaps...which made this decision easier

 

[Cuse Socks]

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You can’t make decisions in fear of injury. If the kid isn’t ready he wouldn’t help anyway. The same ppl crying about this got on Ollie about not doing the same thing with Enoch. Hurley is making this decision with the future in mind. As he should. Whaley is the back up 5. Akok can spell us some time there as well in small lineup. Making decisions based on our previous ptsd is bad practice

We've had 3 years in a row get derailed by injuries. I'm fine with making decisions based on fear of injury

 

[UconnFanDC]

Oh well. Let's get the season started with who's available