no, the rule is being abused. if you have fewer than 25 schollies available to get to the max of 85, you sign fewer than 25. Example, you got 22 available, you sign 22. if you have more than 25 available, you stop at 25.
I know the intent rule but as its written it does effectively prohibit abuse. Therefore it's a badly designed rule. In the ultra competitive world of college football, coaches are going to try to get every advantage they can. If one coach voluntarily holds back that puts him at a disadvantage among his peers. That's why the rules need to be designed to force everyone onto the same playing field.
The CBS guys are all a bunch of tools. I sent an email a while back during basketball to Gary Parish. I was drunk and didn't remember til the next day when I got an email back from him. I called him an idiot or something. I'm sure that hack would do the same.
Yeah that's the best word for them...Hacks. Parrish's claim to fame is breaking the Albert Means story. Doyel admitted he just read about Porter and started to pound out the story without even looking into it or getting context. Hack Job, period.
Wow, I guess the pile-on is in effect. Now some phuckstick on the bleacher report is making his case for Miles being a "bad guy". Not going to link it and give him the hits. I recommend no responses to him either. I am sure that is what he was going for. Just surprising how cheesy some guys are.
You're exactly right, the rule is being abused and the SEC is a big abuser. Your example is exactly what they are saying at oversigning.com. They have a bunch of stats showing other schools are not doing business like Saban, Nutt and the majority of the SEC. Many schools are signing exactly like you describe and they are more careful with potential non qualifiers. They just dont sign them and they dont make a habit of having large attrition numbers each year like the SEC does. Lets face it, much of the attrition is basically players getting cut. That's not how college ball is supposed to work and that's where the abuse is coming in. I hate the annual roster cull that goes on throughout the SEC and I hate what happened to Porter. I dont remember hearing about a situation like Porter in the past. Already in the dorm, fully expecting a scholly then told he had to grey shirt at the 11th hour. That sucks. I think grey shirts are aware of their status pretty much at signing day.
Well my Syracuse had more than 25 available. According to that we signed 29. We actually still have space for more players right now. I'm not sure how the rules are in regards to community college players and/or transfers because we took in a few from the now defunct Hofstra program as well as a bunch of CC players. I would also agree that it is in very poor taste to kick a player off campus if he has already been given a scholly.
If players that are holding up their end of the bargain (practicing hard, pushing for playing time) are being "cut" or "culled", then I agree with you 100%. That's not my perception, but I'm thousands of miles from Baton Rouge. Would like to hear the opinion of someone closer to the program on that. As for greyshirting - I still don't see the big deal. Sounds like maybe Porter's situation was non-standard for LSU. Hell - some kids turndown full rides as Southeastern, etc., just to walk-on at LSU. So greyshirting seems like an OK idea to me.
