What does it take to remove a Red Shirt?

My understanding is 1 play now. The rules have changed.

just take off the red one and put on a jersey

damn, ok, well i was def misinformed, thanks for the clarification fellas

If you play 1 play you cannot redhirt.

But, you can play several plays and still qualify for a medical redshirt if you get hurt.

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What does it take to remove a Red Shirt?

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arms.

according to UGA, a black shirt

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Players used to be able to play minimally in the first few games and still keep their redshirt. Now, if they step on the field for a play their redshirt is gone. I don't know how I feel about the rule change, but I can understand where the NCAA was coming from.

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That was never a rule. It was always one play and you can't get a regular redshirt.

Medical redshirts have always been the redshirt that is available if you play a limited amount of time during a season. LSU and other teams used to use them as often as regular redshirts for freshman, only the medical redshirts allowed the freshmen to play in one or two games

Since teams like LSU don't seem to use medical redshirts on minor sprains and bruises on freshmen anymore, people assume that the NCAA has gotten tougher on this. No one knows for sure though.

As a compliance guy, I can try to give a brief explanation. As stated above, one play and regular redshirt is gone! For a medical redshirt, you now need to have 1) competed in no more than 30% of games or 3 games--whichever is greater (used to be 20%), AND 2) have a season ending injury/illness, AND 3)can't compete in the second half of the season.
Not sure, but I think the NCAA has cracked down on "minor injury" stuff as a med. redshirt -- now needs to be season ending.

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arms.

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With hands attached

I thought you could keep your red shirt if you competed in less than 10% of the competitions that team competed in or something like that.