Derek Mason favors the American Football Coaches Association proposed rule change to allow a player to see action in four games, yet not lose his redshirt season. The Vanderbilt football coach said as much on the SEC coaches’ teleconference on Monday.
Mason said the rule change could help programs at any time of the season. He said teams could make good use of it in situations such as when LSU was without Leonard Fournette and Stanford didn’t have Christian McCaffrey in bowl games after last season.
“Last year when you looked at Fournette and McCaffrey not playing in bowl games, those guys effect teams,” Mason said.