There's been a lot of rumors about freshman forward Jabari Edwards, who's been battling a knee injury and has played 2 games so far this season, grabbing 8 rebounds - namely, is he going to redshirt? I emailed GW's sports information director Brad Bower to ask, and here's his reply."Regarding the Jabari redshirt rumors, nothing has been determined yet and most likely won't be until after the season has concluded."
So there you have it.
UPDATE: While Jabari did play two games, a total of 21 minutes, he could still apply for a medical redshirt. According to Virginia Tech's assistant director of compliance, "A medical hardship waiver, which is commonly referred to as a medical redshirt, is when there is limited competition, but a season-ending injury occurs prior to the 20 percent point of the season." That is the case here, since I'm pretty sure Edwards was hurt either in the first game or before the season.
Tech's guy continues, adding that the conferences grant the waivers, not the NCAA, and getting one is "just a matter of the athlete meeting the criteria. As long as the injury occurs within the first 20 percent of the season and all of that competition occurs in the first half of the season, the athlete is good." So far, so good for Jabari. The whole interview is worth a read.
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