More on Scholarship Math (link)
by irishpanther (2013-02-07 19:08:07)
Edited on 2013-02-07 19:13:02
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A friend shared the "Alabama math" post on facebook earlier and we've since been dealing with an Alabama or SEC fan, can't tell which (are they the same?) Anyway, I decided to crunch some numbers to see just how egregious the oversigning is.

The idea that's been in my head the last year or so is the enforce a hard cap on scholarships allowed over a period. The term "recruiting budget" came up, and I think it is apt. This wouldn't be the total scholarship players you could have on your roster. It wouldn't affect the current annual signing rules. Rather it would be a total number of scholarships you could grant over any 4-year period. Appeals could be made for coaching changes, lots of NFL early entry guys, medical or academic losses. However, if a school was a regular in front of the appeals committee, that would weigh against them. This should discourage practices where schools "discard" players who just aren't up to being on the team. I originally was leaning towards a cap of 95 players, but am trending down towards 90 or even the roster-limit of 85. Consider that you can sign 25 per year, that's 100 over a 4-year period. That leaves room for 15 to leave the program in ways other than graduation.

Anyway, to get a look at numbers...

  • scholarship totals are pulled from Rivals for the last 10 years.
  • Average/year is shown to the right of the colored section. (note: 21.25 would keep you at 85 if everyone stuck around.)
  • the color coded section contains 4 year running totals.
    • Red boxes indicate a school signed 95 or more players over those four years
    • Green boxes indicated the 4-year total is under 85.
  • School names in RED hit the 95 limit during at least 5 of the 7 four year periods
  • School names in GREEN did not once hit 95.

Note, the service academies are exempt from the 85 limit since all students at these schools are on a full-ride.

Simply cap total annual LOI to 25
by Doggie  (2013-02-08 10:23:44)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Over a 4 year period of time that gives you 15 above the the 4 year limit and plenty of room to accomodate the various vagarities such as injury, transfers, early entries, etc.

I could perhaps see allowing perhaps a two year exemption in the case of a new head coach to maybe 28 since there will always be kids who don't fit in with a new staff.

A side benefit would be further dispersion of talent if that is what the NCAA is seeking.
I don't like anything but a bright line rule.
by tbonesays  (2013-02-07 22:54:25)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Allowing appeals for "coaching changes, lots of NFL early entry guys, medical or academic losses" would just lead to endless incidents and accusations of bias and unfairness.

He's an SEC fan.
by MattyMcD  (2013-02-07 19:39:06)     Delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I believe his favorite SEC team if Florida, but as soon as they got punked out by Louisville, he became a huge Alabama fan... now I don't know what to think. I'm glad I don't have to shift my loyalties. Could you imagine an ND fan cheering for USC or Michigan just because we play them regularly and they happen to be in a BCS or NC game? To me, that is the equivalent of a Florida/Auburn/LSU fan cheering for Alabama (who should be a major rival) just so they can say that they had the champs on their schedule (or in Florida's case, in their conference). The idea that proximity to greatness does not equate to greatness is lost on them.
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