Lincoln Riley believes he has an answer to school soccer’s redshirt rule.
Because it stands, gamers can save a 12 months of eligibility by collaborating in as much as 4 video games and sitting out the remainder of the way in which — one thing USC’s Bear Alexander and Raesjon Davis have just lately chosen to do.
Riley stated he understood why his gamers made the choice they did and likewise gave his ideas on how the game ought to transfer ahead in terms of conditions like these.
“I feel guys ought to have 5 years,” the coach informed reporters. “Do no matter you need, play as a lot as you need or as little as you need, and the one approach you get an additional one is when you’ve got two season-ending accidents and miss the entire season.”
“I feel it must be that plain and easy and be executed, after which no person’ll have to fret about this different crap about what number of video games you have performed and all that. I perceive why it is there,” he continued. “However I nonetheless suppose it is just a little bit behind the occasions.”
The Trojans head coach added that its one thing that can “need to be addressed, big-picture” and defined additional why there must be change shifting ahead.
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“Raesjon a senior,” Riley stated. “He isn’t enjoying … vital defensive snaps proper now. He is executed some actually good issues. Had a big-time particular groups play for us the opposite day. He got here in, we chatted about it. You may perceive each side of it.”
“It’ll be one thing that’ll need to be addressed, big-picture, placing groups, gamers, all that in these positions. This four-game redshirt 12 months, I feel there’s most likely some higher methods to do it than possibly what we’re doing it proper now. However so long as we’ve got it, we’re gonna have some conditions like this proper now. You perceive the push-pull. The child actually desires to play, however he additionally desires an opportunity to play extra defensively, too. We’ll watch it play out.”
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