This question has probably been asked before, but now it involves my son so please advice:

Can an athlete transfer to another D-1 school after 2 years, (red-shirted first year and then medical redshirted the second) Were thinking he can because he has had no playing time yet. Is this true?

Doesnt matter whether he played or not.

He can transfer but he will be required to give up 1 yr of eligibility by sitting out the year.

Bethmarie,
You ALWAYS have the right to transfer...but if you go from DI to DI at any point these days you must sit out a year, but you can transfer from DI to DII or DI to DIII. We see many guys transfer in to our school from the DI level when they don't get what they thought they would at their previous school.

Good Luck

Even though you never played a college game, you still have to sit out??? I could see if he had played even in one game, but this is a player that redshirted his freshman year then medical redshirted his sophmore year, never played, is there any exceptions?

Bethmarie,

Under the new rules, if he is at a D1 and wants to transfer to a D1, he must sit out a year regardless of playing time. I do not believe there are any exceptions.

Do you sit out a year if you go DI to DII or if you go DII to DI??

bethmarie,
Just because he didn't play doesn't mean he didn't receive "benefit" redshirted or not those are the rules...You also can only receive 1 redshirt, there for your son has used up a year of eligibility if he was attending classes, unless the NCAA grants a special exception which is rare, sorry to say but your son only has 3 years left, and if he transfers to another DI and sits out he will lose another year of eligibilty. I hate to be the bearer of bad news...DII or DIII or staying are going to be your best options it sounds like...

Hita,
DI to DII no, DII to DI I believe so...transfering INTO a DI program from another NCAA institution I believe mean you have to sit out 1 year. But I'm not 100% sure as very very few transfer up...it's not something that is widely popular..

Bethmarie...VJC is absolutely correct. If your son has been told that he has received a second redshirt year due to a "medical", it is wrong information. A player at the DI level has five years to play four years. Once he enrolls full-time at the DI school the clock starts and cannot be stopped. A medical redshirt can be granted if a student-athlete is injured during the beginning of a season and has only appeared in a specific percentage of games - I believe 10%. Sometimes a student-athlete may be granted a sixth year of eligibility, but that has to be appealed after the five year clock has elapsed and will only be granted if it is injury related and the previous redshirt was also injury related. As VJC states - your son has three years of eligibility remaining at the DI level.

Welcome to the HSBBW,
My sons BF had a redshirt year and a medical waiver, two years, but it is VERY rare. You can verify that by looking at the roster to see what class year corresponds to your players eligibility. If it was a medical waiver there is a process that has to be followed, were you not aware?

Don't assume transfering to a D2 or D3 or anywhere means playing time.

If it were my son, I would tell him to stay where he is if given scholarship $$, because it's pretty hard to transfer and find a place to play after not playing for two years.

And if I were a coach and gave a player 2 years of scholarship money and 2 years of eligibility, I would be pretty peaved if he wanted to leave.

JMO.

I'm pretty sure that the player can petition to the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility due to medical or personal reasons. You see these kinds of appeals made all of the time in other sports but they often are shut down, but there is a player on Virginia Tech who was a 6th year senior this year and had two medical redshirts.