So I redshirted my lowest rated player that's a new recruit and he took it but said it wasn't cool that I didn't inform him of it. I had read in the forms that the lowest rated player would take a redshirt without WE drop. So now that I know that's not true. If I take the redshirt off will his WE go back up to where it was?

Yes, the WE will return to it's previous level immediately

If you leave the redshirt on,however, it may never recover.

Thank you alblack

Some information and tips on redshirts...

All players will "take" the redshirt - the only question is whether or not they will drop WE as a result.

If you inform a player during recruiting, and he signs with you, he will ALWAYS accept the move with no WE drop. The downside is during recruiting it's a bit of a negative. It can be overcome with more positive effort, but it means its hard to inform the player in a battle situation or if you don't have much cash left since it might cost you the player altogether and then it's pointless.

If you don't inform a player, he MAY still be okay with a redshirt with no WE drop. It's a chance you're taking; many players are still fine, but many are not.

If a player is unhappy with a redshirt decision, sometimes the WE drop is quite large (even dropping all the way to 1), sometimes its very small (only a few points).  You won't know if he's unhappy at all unless you try, and you won't know how much (how many points lost) unless you try.

Thanks bistiza that's great info. wish I knew that as he was my last signed and I think I would have had plenty of money left over as I had 2 1/2 times what it did cost to sign him. I'll know better next time.

Anyone know what kind of effort would be needed to offset the negative impact of informing a recruit he'll be redshirted ?

a campus visit should do it most of the time, but it might depend on the player. 

Keep in mind that high level D1 players (5 and 4 stars) will likely drop you from consideration altogether regardless of how much additional effort you put in to try and offset the "inform of redshirt" during recruiting.  I've heard international ones might be doable which might be linked to overall ranking maybe...

If you're at DII or DIII, four HVs or two CVs will overcome the inform of redshirt. It may take less effort than that, but I've NEVER failed to overcome an inform of redshirt with the numbers I've provided here.

general concept - if the player is a reach for you, he wont like the redshirt and it will take more effort for him to overcome it

if the player is delighted that you are interested in him, he is more likely to take the redshirt and it will take less effort to overcome it