(02-03-2020 03:59 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-03-2020 02:28 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(02-03-2020 12:48 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-03-2020 12:18 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(02-02-2020 02:45 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  That said, even if we assume you are 100% right and Im 100% wrong---my point is really that changing the rule will have a ton of unintended consequences that need to be carefully offset. For instance, I think they need to look at adjusting the 25 scholarship cap in a way that allows it to fluctuate to reflect the number of transfers leaving a program. Otherwise, programs can end up being gutted without having a way to ever really recover that depth.

That would allow coaches to increase their annual scholarship limit by taking away the scholarships of their least-liked players. You have 11 defensive backs on scholarship, but you see players you can recruit that you like more, so you force 5 of your current DBs to either quit football or transfer to FCS teams, and then you can offer 5 extra scholarships in the next recruiting class?

More unintended consequences. That said---Im pretty sure that happens now. However, if a coach can see a player will never make the field---its probably not the worst thing for either party if the kid moves to somewhere he can break into the rotation.

It does happen now -- but there's no reason to further reward coaches for doing it by increasing their annual scholarship limit every time they take away a player's scholarship.

None the less, its inevitable that it will be the price that will be paid for free transfer. Otherwise, schools will have little chance of ever recovering from the double whammy of having a popular coach poached and then suffering a mass exodus of players as they transfer (since the guy that recruited them is gone). You simply cant have free transfer without giving the schools a way to replenish their numbers.

Let me put it in a way that is player friendly---your basically "stranding" scholarships. A school can be well below the 85 limit, but cant use those scholarships on transfers due to the 25 player per year limit. If your interested in the players wellfare---then why be against letting players claim those stranded scholarships?

You could give scholarships to non scholarship walk-ons. There are lots of kickers on teams with no scholarships. John Mackovic had a philosophy (of course he paid for it) of not giving scholarships to punters.