A kid cant be forced to go to college somewhere so it will never happen. Thats going to be the court argument. That system would limit a player's chances of where to go to school
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I would support a talent cap on recruiting, but it would need to be done by some kind of official NCAA Scouting Organization, and probably with more than just 3-4 categories because not all 4- or 5-stars are equal.
It would shift recruiting to finding the players are are undervalued by the system rather than the best. A guy who was clearly overrated by the Scouts might have a harder time getting an offer than he would if he were rated properly, but I guess that can happen in any system.
I think y?all are looking at this from the wrong end. The days of limiting players is over. If you want to get it fixed and have parity, you have to do it from the school end.
Such as limiting football to 70 scholarships with no walk ons. Those 70 scholarships are for a 4 year term, meaning a school only gets another slot when a player graduates or the 4 years are up. That then puts the strategy on the school of managing rosters. Do you take high school or portal? Do you quick fix or build?
This de facto would limit how much players transfer and make them think a lot before committing.
Nice thought but all that would happen is the star rating groups would be paid off to raise or lower stars to help them or hurt others to get the players they want.
Only way to try control this is by NIL money now that they have chosen that destructive path. but guess what, then we are back to money under the table but now we have no governing organization to uphold the rule.
This is unfixable in its current form if you ask me.
Got back to having rules and enforce them for those that violate, not look the other way. This type stuff is happening in every organization in American today which is causing the decay of our culture.
A kid wouldn't be forced to go to college somewhere. He just might not get a scholarship where he wants, just like under the prior system where schools were limited to 85 schollies total and 25 per year and you couldn't just pay school costs except under the table, which schools generally wouldn't want to pay tha tmuch under the table money to somebody that they don't think is worthy of a scholarship.
That system isn't going to happen regardless, but the fact that every student wouldn't get to play football at their first choice of schools wouldn't be one of the real reasons it won't happen.
I agree with the toothpaste analogy on the NIL deals but the portal and transferring so quickly can be addressed. The University sharing some of it's revenue with the players could happen before too long as well.
Something can be done. I think the powers that be, guys like Saban, will make something happen with the portal. They don't like loosing all their depth. It won't be a decade before something gets "tweaked" with portal. I think that will happen within a year or two. Any portal tweaking will probably hurt us more than help though. State has come out ahead on the portal game so far.
Also, the P5 breakaway has been brewing for awhile now. That would be the most drastic change but it could happen. One things is for sure, it won't stay the same.
I agree that there is not interest parody.
This idea would help that , but that is not what they want.
This is correct. There are no more limits on players for the most part.
Problem is- the blue-bloods arent going to allow very much change. These are machines that operate in the hundreds of millions now. It's only going to get bigger from here- not slow down to elevate the little guy. They dont give a shit how many Miss State, Oregon State, Northwestern, or Boston College wins in football.
Never work You cannot limit the freedom of a "student athlete" choosing to attend the college of his or her choice. (Or, signing an NIL contract with the highest bidder, transferring out after year 1, signing another NIL with another highest bidder,........). This is a giant mess. College ball as we knew it is done.
Let's ease up a little. While the talent he recruited ensured success, Saban was the best defensive coach in college football from the late 1990's to about 2015. He has transitioned more to being the CEO and is less hands on with the D these days but it remains his system. Plus he no doubt still is involved with scouting and game planning but alot less than 10 years ago
Forget the "student athlete" thing. This is headed towards the players being employees of the school's football team in which case they can be drafted, traded and cut. There will be a collective bargaining agreement and everything.
I actually like Leach's idea where a player can be an amateur or a pro, but if they choose pro they are drafted, can be traded and can be cut. Players that choose amateur basically choose to go back to the way it was before Pandora's box was opened. Also, maybe pay those guys $150k or something when their eligibility is done IF they graduate and don't enter the transfer portal.
Just drop all scholarships. Make it a Minor league only financially connected to the school. Create a new college athletics that offers no scholarships, doesn?t allow transfers, and requires the player to be an active student at the university. You know?an amateur sport.
I?ve been saying this for years. I have made a few posts like this as well. And again my big issue with limiting schollys to 65 all bama is going to do is not sign the random two to three 3 ⭐️ that they do each season. It?s not going to create any parity. To me it would just create more of an issue for teams like us, as we would have less guys to find the diamonds in the rough. A sucky 5 star is still better than a diamond in the rough 2 or 3 star until their 3rd or 4th year. I get the argument about recruiting services being paid off to lower a players grade, but that?s where audits should come in and their should be set standards of how to grade a player. The ncaa is a cash cow and has to money to implement something that would keep a competitive standard and equal playing field. Heck implement both and see where the cracks are after three years. Also throw 100k at me I?ll tell saben he cannot sign all the 5 stars that he does. I?d almost do it for free but if I can make a dollar why not. I?d love to see his face.