A poll while we wait . . .

RC

Hi.

I was thinking about this the other day......could Silvio redshirt? Wasn’t sure, but I guess WE are choosing to sit him.

Silvio could redshirt if he does not play. But if he is penalized and has to sit out games that would have to come next year. But the bigger issue is redshirting really only impacts 4 year players. If Silvio only wants to play 1 more year, say and he does not get enough exposure this season to up his draft stock, he will then play next year and then bolt. Essentially, a redshirt is adding a 5th year to a player.

Next season if he is still at KU will be his Junior season. Then he "could" play 2020-21 as a senior. Baring injury he will not be playing college ball at KU or anywhere else after April 2021.

If that happens the injury provides a basis for the 5th year,

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Redshirt him.

If the NCAA lowers the boom on him, he can always go to the D-League or Europe.

The redshirt is an insurance policy. Here's how it works out (as I see it).

The NCAA is either going to kick him out of college hoops or they won't.
- If they do boot him, redshirting doesn't matter, he goes to the D-League or Europe and moves on.
- If they allow him to play, he's going to miss somewhere between "a few" and "many" games.

-If he misses "a few" (say 5) games, but the NCAA drags their feet until early 2019 to decide, it'll be hard to incorporate him into the system at that point. Better to go into next season knowing when we'll get him back and working around that.
-If he misses "a lot" then he's going to be useless this season anyway. At that point, he'll probably leave anyway (sitting 2 seasons in a row doesn't help one's draft stock).

There's nothing to lose by redshirting him. If he leaves before his eligibility is gone, it's irrelevant. If you redshirt him, you can make sure he's covered if he comes back and actually NEEDS all 4 years to be ready (through games that he's forced to miss out on, injury or other issues).

The REAL question is do you tell him to hang 'em up for the year at this point or not. I say do it. We don't NEED him at this point, and I doubt we'll get word from the NCAA in time for it to matter.

I am more concerned about the boom being lowered on KU than Silvio. It may be that Silvio will be barred from playing NCAA BB, period. Thus, I am not sure he will ever again play for KU, either by the NCAA or KU does not want to .risk playing him, as per Preston, and then forfeiting games in which he played. I am usually a cup half-full person, but this is beginning to stink.