On Wednesday, AFCA executive director Todd Berry announced a proposal that would allow college football players to participate in as many as four games per season without sacrificing their redshirt.
The plan, which has widespread support among coaches, does not specify when those four games occur and would eliminate the need for medical redshirts, which are currently available to players who participate in three games or fewer than 30 percent of the season.
“Little Johnny, he’s not ready to play. But Little Johnny’s mom and dad are in the stands. Every data point says when a kid is engaged in football during his collegiate years, the better he does academically, the better he does socially,” Berry told CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd.