He had an @uiowa.edu email address prior to the double birds incident. I’m not certain but I would bet that he would have been enrolled at Iowa for the spring semester had the double birds not happened.
I suppose from a roster flexibility standpoint there’s some additional value in that you could delay enrollment by a year or 2 but that’s all I can see. Everything still has to fit together roster wise to get 5 years of competition so I think the additional value is minimal.
This varies state by state but your situation is very rare. In Iowa you would have had to skip a grade as you must be 5 by September 15th to enter kindergarten.
Per the release from the NCAA hardship waivers for athletes that would currently be eligible must be submitted by the end of July. I would take that to mean that those who may qualify for a medical redshirt could still possibly get one but future medicals and Olympic redshirts are off the table...
If he were to gray shirt he wouldn’t be entering college in the fall of 26 so I don’t think he would get a choice of which rules to follow. He would be entering in the fall of 27 which means new rules apply which mean his clock starts when graduating high school.
This might be a situation where her dad has marketed her as something beyond her abilities. I don’t think Iowa has offered and there are questions as to whether she has offers from several of the schools in her top 10.
F1 student visas limit international students to a max of 20 hours of work a week at their college/university or in a job directly related to their major. The vast majority who do work are employed by their college because finding a job as an under grad student directly related to your major is...
Obvious @vhsalum knows this. He was his favorite coach while he was wrestling for Iowa.
*Sorry, I think these jokes are a little played out but that was just hanging there and I couldn’t resist.
That’s probably all true, just pointing out that top 10 guys aren’t and shouldn’t be labeled mid-level.
Penn State has done a great job of identifying the right guys and developing them.