NCAA Planning to Revise Redshirt Rule for All Sports

“The NCAA is considering more historic changes to its amateurism rules.

Member schools plan to seriously consider granting athletes in all sports, not just football, the ability to participate in up to a certain percentage of games in a fifth season and still use their redshirt; permit athletes to earn prize money before they enroll in college; and eliminate the National Letter of Intent.

The potential changes are part of what is expected to be a year-long comprehensive review of NCAA athlete-eligibility rules to reflect and operationalize the House settlement terms, according to documents obtained by Yahoo Sports. The documents will be reviewed this coming week during a video call of the NCAA Division I Council.”

Such a rule has not existed for sports like basketball, baseball, and all others aside from football and wrestling.