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There are two main types of waivers.Several people have opined that the "medical reasons" is a tact being employed to gain a medical waiver.
What specifically is the "medical waiver"? To play immediately without waiting out a year? or a sixth year to the window of eligibility, i.e. stretch the 4 out 5 rule to 4 out of 6?
How to Get a Medical Redshirt
One is a "medical hardship waiver," which allows certain players to regain a year of eligibility after suffering a season-ending injury. This waiver has nothing to do with the transfer process.
The other kind of waiver is the one that allows a transfer player to play immediately, without spending the normally required "year of academic residence."
In Prince's case, she would almost certainly be eligible for a medical hardship waiver to restore her freshman year of eligibility, regardless of whether she stays at Texas or transfers to another school.
But the medical hardship waiver would (presumably) not exempt her from the year of residence requirement. I've never heard of a player winning a transfer waiver due to their own medical condition, so it's completely unclear how her reference to "medical reasons" is a setup for a waiver application.