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...child well-enough coordinated to hold pencils properly? Is he or she impulsive or shy about playing with others? Was he or she slow to walk or talk? Does the child seem fearful about leaving home? If any answer is yes, the youngster may be a potential redshirt...
Captain Mark Pepper is the central figure in a good news-bad news scenario for the Crimson. The bad news is that Pepper--who has an injured quadricep that has kept him sidelined for all but two of Harvard's games--will not be allowed to redshirt after sitting out almost the entire season...
Determined to prove it, Plunkett went home that summer and "worked my tail off. I threw almost every day to my old high school receivers." He worked even harder in his sophomore year as a "redshirt," practicing with the varsity but not playing in any games -so that he would have an additional year of eligibility. Finally, he started his first varsity game in 1968 against San Jose State College. Connecting on 10 out of 13 passes for 277 yds., he buried San Jose by throwing for four touchdowns and running for a fifth. A few spectacular performances later...
...grade-point requirement for freshmen on athletic scholarships is 1.7-. 1 higher than the N.C.A.A.'s own. Big Ten schools are limited to a total of 30 foot ball scholarships for freshmen each year -as compared with 50 for the University of Texas. They also are forbidden to "redshirt" prospects-putting them on a five-year program, keeping them out of action as sophomores in order to beef them up. Redshirting is common practice in the Southeastern Conference, the Southwest Conference, the Pacific Eight, the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Midwest's Big Eight...
...Football. But Coach Duffy Daugherty of Michigan State, the only Big Ten school that was still undefeated last week (after downing Michigan, 20-7), insists that all his friends are amateurs. What's more, their civil rights are being violated by the academic requirements and anti-redshirt rules. Said Duffy: "You aren't forbidden to play in the band if you don't graduate in four years...