<p>Can anyone accurately describe a college basketball Redshirt pcocess.. Pros and cons. !
I/We have offers from Indiana and Illinois Div1 and Div2 NAIA colleges. One offered basically a 1/2 ride~ Academics / Athletic scholarship (full tuition $30,000)~ the Other
($10,000 tuition) offered NO scholarship $$ till 'maybe' his 2nd year→ after he Accepts a Freshman Redshirt this upcoming year. The verbage 'preferred walk on' also never came up..
Is this normal, or an exception ? What's on the coaches mind here....?</p>
<p>thxs</p>
<p>Only stabbing a guess here, my daughter is about to play NAIA D1 basketball and she is going to be receiving money. I expect the school offering money has the expectation that the school making the offer at this time is more interested now and feels like he/she will contribute to the teams success. I would assume that the school offering a red shirt spot with the “possibility” of $$ later is not sold completely on your kid. They see potential but are not ready to make a financial commitment to you. If it was me I would follow the $$ because it would appear they are most interested. My son plays college golf and there are redshirts and they basically do not play and often are cut. Its a risk.</p>
<p>My understanding is there is no specific basketball “redshirt” process. The term “reshirt” means that you can have 5 years of eligibility to play 4 years in any NCAA sport. Basically, you would be using one of those years up front (freshmen year) to practice and learn the coach’s system. Your son wouldn’t play in games during his “redshirt” year. There are many, many reasons to “redshirt” including (physical, academic, medical). I suspect your potential coach is trying to set him up to succeed and “redshirting” is the best way he knows how in your son’s case. Basketball is a very physically demanding sport, and in the coaches estimation your son may need to become more physical or put on some weight. College athletics is significantly more demanding than high school especially in basketball. I think you and your son need to have a “heart to heart” with the coach and programs you are interested in especially the reasons why he should “redshirt”. They should spell it out for him. Also, if all coaches are requiring a redshirt year, I think that says a lot. They may all see a raw talent, but someone that need some polishing in that first year of the program. I would ask some very direct questions. Good luck and please let us know how it progresses.</p>