[Dr Death]

Quote: Originally Posted by marxshut

NCAA actually has this close to correct, because it's not really in the game as you are describing it. Only if a player is hurt BEFORE he plays a game in the season AND has not already used a redshirt year, can he be given a "Medical Redshirt". This would never happen in the EA game because players don't get hurt in on the off season. If a player is hurt after playing at least 1 game, but not more than 3 of the season's games, he can be given a Medical hardship waiver. However if this extends the player's eligibility beyond the 5 year clock the school would have to file for an extension of the 5-year clock only after the player's five years are up. For example. Your player redshirts his first year, plays the next two and is hurt in his redshirt Jr season (4th year on campus) in the 2nd game. He cannot apply for the extension of his 5-yr clock until his eligibility is up. These extensions are rarely granted, even in the event I described above, where a player is hurt under the conditions of the medical hardship. The NCAA rarely grants a 6th year of eligibility. The only case you could use the medical hardship in this game is if you had a player who didn't redshirt get hurt in one of the first three games of a season. I think the odds of this happening are so slim, it's not really worth having it in the game.

I would politely disagree that it's not really worth having in the game. As far as 6th year players, Case Keenum played six seasons... and in what was supposed to be his final season he was injured against UCLA, but was granted a sixth year.

So... w/ all that said, they need to include Medical Redshirts/Hardships and everything else that is in real life. You can't use a motto of - It's In The Game - when it's actually, ya know, NOT in the game!