What is the definition of a sports gray shirt?
Answer Steve Thank you for your question. Your question is slightly outside my area of expertise and is not addressed in the NCAA materials. Grayshirt is another new term by the media and is applied to the prospect that signs a letter of intent in February, but doesn’t report in the fall with his teammates. He delays entry to college until midyear The reference materials I have: refer to the “Gray Shirt athlete” enrolling in the school following the gray shirt season- but I suspect there may be cases where an athlete can begin his studies at the school – since the goal of the student athlete is to get an education and graduate on time. What the Different Colors Mean: I get a lot of questions regarding the meaning of different colored shirts, as in red shirt, green shirt, and gray shirt. These terms apply to recruiting and player development strategy and have become a common part of the vernacular as recruiting gets more and more publicity. Grayshirt is another new term and is applied t
