The shadow of covid 19 may last a while.

https://sports.yahoo.com/could-hundreds-...22627.html

(12-17-2020 09:39 AM)UABGrad Wrote:  The shadow of covid 19 may last a while.

https://sports.yahoo.com/could-hundreds-...22627.html

Hopefully

Do away with schollie limits, or at least move it up to 115 per team.

If we have more teams in FBS and FCS? We could easily solve this problem.

(12-17-2020 10:27 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  If we have more teams in FBS and FCS? We could easily solve this problem.

Dont need more teams in FBS.... there actually needs to be a lot less in FBS.

(12-17-2020 10:25 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  Do away with schollie limits, or at least move it up to 115 per team.

Only a handful of athletic programs could function at 115 per team. Increasing the scholarship limit that high would further separate the haves and the have nots. The Alabama's and Ohio State's would further stock pile talent. There are Title IX implications by raising scholarships to that many for football.

(12-17-2020 11:59 AM)Aztec Since 88 Wrote:  

(12-17-2020 10:25 AM)domer1978 Wrote:  Do away with schollie limits, or at least move it up to 115 per team.

Only a handful of athletic programs could function at 115 per team. Increasing the scholarship limit that high would further separate the haves and the have nots. The Alabama's and Ohio State's would further stock pile talent. There are Title IX implications by raising scholarships to that many for football.

We did it in the past and we should do it again. Yes, stockpiling would happen but they eventually would figure out they need to go elsewhere to play..

Plus students should have the choice to play where they want. Not limited just because of numbers or fairness.

(12-17-2020 09:39 AM)UABGrad Wrote:  The shadow of covid 19 may last a while.

https://sports.yahoo.com/could-hundreds-...22627.html

Article didn't really explain how the roster expansion happens. My understanding from reading between the lines in other articles is that there is an 85 cap, but you can increase that by the number of returning seniors.

The bigger problem is the hard cap of 25 new scholarships when transfers are about to turn into free agency. Some teams may lose so many transfers that they can't replace their graduating class and their transfer losses! We're going to start seeing more and more teams under the 85 cap (excluding walk-ons later earning scholarships).

They need to turn into a cap based on how many players graduated, declared for the draft, or transferred with some reasonable cap to stop Saban from turning over half his roster every year.

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the NCAA ruling giving athletes an extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic was a very bad mistake.

That's what this article is about. The athletes mentioned are stuck because the athletes returning for an extra season are taking up playing time that would be normally be given to younger players on the roster. The resulting effects: Some athletes want to transfer because they won't have playing time. Others will be pushed out by coaches who think they are not necessary given the fifth- or sixth-year seniors returning. And many of them will have no transfer options because so many other teams also have rosters that are clogged.

(12-17-2020 01:27 PM)Wedge Wrote:  I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the NCAA ruling giving athletes an extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic was a very bad mistake.

That's what this article is about. The athletes mentioned are stuck because the athletes returning for an extra season are taking up playing time that would be normally be given to younger players on the roster. The resulting effects: Some athletes want to transfer because they won't have playing time. Others will be pushed out by coaches who think they are not necessary given the fifth- or sixth-year seniors returning. And many of them will have no transfer options because so many other teams also have rosters that are clogged.

Are you saying that a massive bureaucracy didn't consider the impact of their decision before enacting a policy? Surely you jest.