What the Hell?

[nogerO]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... la-sheller

This kid gets another year? He hurt his knee away from football! Why is it all these other schools can get an extra year for BS like this and we can't?

[greenyellow]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... la-sheller

This kid gets another year? He hurt his knee away from football! Why is it all these other schools can get an extra year for BS like this and we can't?

I guess it doesn't matter how you hurt your knee, just as long as the injury keeps you out for the year.

[liberalduck]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... la-sheller

This kid gets another year? He hurt his knee away from football! Why is it all these other schools can get an extra year for BS like this and we can't?

I guess it doesn't matter how you hurt your knee, just as long as the injury keeps you out for the year.

Yes, my understanding is that it does not have to be football related. In fact, I think the injuries must occur prior to any playing time during the season. I state this based on my memory of past cases of players being granted a sixth year and comments that I have read about them. My memory stinks though, so take my input on this matter with a grain of salt..

[ducksrock]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... la-sheller

This kid gets another year? He hurt his knee away from football! Why is it all these other schools can get an extra year for BS like this and we can't?

Doesnt make any difference...The Ducks will still kick the Bruins A**....

[Coastal Duck]

A sixth year is generally given only to players who have missed two entire seasons to injury and have not used their redshirt.

For instance if a guy redshirts his freshman year and then loses a year to injury, he can't get a sixth year.

My understanding, anyway.

[greenyellow]

A sixth year is generally given only to players who have missed two entire seasons to injury and have not used their redshirt.

For instance if a guy redshirts his freshman year and then loses a year to injury, he can't get a sixth year.

My understanding, anyway.

You're right.

[squintsdd]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... la-sheller

This kid gets another year? He hurt his knee away from football! Why is it all these other schools can get an extra year for BS like this and we can't?

I guess it doesn't matter how you hurt your knee, just as long as the injury keeps you out for the year.

Yes, my understanding is that it does not have to be football related. In fact, I think the injuries must occur prior to any playing time during the season. I state this based on my memory of past cases of players being granted a sixth year and comments that I have read about them. My memory stinks though, so take my input on this matter with a grain of salt..

Not true. James Rogers played in 3 games last season before getting hurt, and he was granted an extra year

[woundedknees]

This thread is about a 6th year being granted... James Rodgers never red-shirted, and played less than 1/3 of the season before being injured, so he was eligible for a red shirt waiver.

The significance of the Sheller ruling is he missed 2 entire seasons, due to injuries...

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/41281329/ ... _football/

"Sheller missed the entire 2008 season after hurting his left knee in an ATV accident. He also sat out his entire first season at UCLA after tearing a ligament in his right knee."

Another example is Kase Keenum, of Houston:

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.co ... ixth-year/

Keenum came to UH from Abilene Wylie in 2006. Because Keenum took a redshirt season as a true freshman, he appeared to have an uphill battle in appealing for an additional season of eligibility. NCAA rules specify that to grant a sixth year, an athlete has to have lost two seasons for reasons out of the control of him/her and the school.

Under NCAA rules, a voluntary red-shirt season is not considered such a circumstance. UH made the case to the NCAA that a collarbone injury prevented Keenum from playing in 2006.

[chapelhillduck]

I get the feeling that this kind of thing is an outrage when it happens to other schools...and will be a salvation when someone from UO gets another year

and I think they can play a 1/4 of the season and still get a waiver

[woundedknees]

Costa might have an argument...

[buckmarkduck]

I don't want Costa back. Nothing against him, he's a great duck, but I hope he never puts on a football uni ever again in his life. I hope his knees just heal and someday he can go out and play catch with his kid.

[woundedknees]

Just pointing out that it was feasible... I think Nate is ready to move on.