NCAA may reduce scholarship limit to 80

I don't think most on here realize it takes a major deal to run someone off
for something less than criminal type behavior. There are hundreds of NCAA players that do almost nothing for four years and get an education out of it. I think almost every school out there starts from the standpoint of selling a recruit an education and then focus on their athletic skills. I can tell you from my sons 5 years at TCU I knew of one player that did not have a ship renewed, he got his education because they ran him off in what would have been his senior year of football but what would have been his first year of a grad degree. He was a kicker too. Take a peek at the number of 1 year lettermen who still graduate and come in on scholarships.

 

Most coaches will also tell you that their academic people spend 90% of their time keeping 10% of the players eligible, those players are almost always the most important on the team. THis is one of the reasons GPA's and grad rates for the entire team are now a major deal with NCAA.

 

According to Oversigning.com, a website dedicated to tracking roster management issues, SEC schools held the top four spots for signing more football players than they could get in school in 2011. Ole Miss led the way, followed by Alabama, LSU and Arkansas.

So I ask, "Who's doing the abusing?"

One-year scholarships came about in 1973. It was about kids getting 4 year scholarships then quitting their sports. That's a far cry from what we're talking as a reason "for" them about today.

 

If you have a problem with oversigning, take it up with the NCAA. There are real reforms that can be made, but that straw man has nothing to do with the fact that 4-yr scholarships will be abused. Just like guaranteed academic scholarships would be.

 

Uh, if you oversign it clearly speaks to the coaches abusing scholarships and it is in the lap of the NCAA.

They oversign because they're being careless in recruiting, which leads to pulling scholarships because of a lack of need. They can always drum up some bullshyt about the kid's annual review. The abuse is why multi-year scholarships are back on the table.

 

Plus with the new "cash" rule too. Isn't it like $2000.00 they get for "spending money"?

 

I couldn't read that with the asses.

 

That is true. Sadly, the "smaller" schools can't even afford that much.

It's $2000.00 X 85 less that boosters have to pay.