CFB monopoly

[StarkVegasSteve]

Why is everyone so hung up on lowering the scholly numbers? I tend to like to idea of putting a cap on the rating of the athlete. Ex. each team is limited to 3x5 stars, 10x4 stars, and 3,2,1 stars at will. it will force teams to evaluate better and the top teams cannot just hoard the talent. If we just lower the amount of schollys then bama is still going to get their 7 five stars and 15 four stars, it wouldn't effect them at all. It doesn't force the talent to look at other schools. Also, the value of the lower rated players would come into play greatly because a lot more of them are going to be needed to fill roster spots.

Ratings are completely subjective and each company rates different. I mean who would be standard? Would it be ESPN? Rivals? 247? Lowering scholarships is a better idea because even though Bama might still get their top end players, it's the low end 5 to the mid 4 stars talents that they have to make decisions on. They can't offer a scholarship to a guy like Byron Young just so we can't have him or a guy like Brandon Turnage. Bama is always going to get the Najee Harris, Devonta Smith, and Jaylen Waddle's of the world. Nothing is going to stop that. Because in your system if Bama has a 5 star they like they can just go to the recruiting service and get the guy dropped down to a 4 star and problem solved.

[Maverick91]

Ratings are completely subjective and each company rates different. I mean who would be standard? Would it be ESPN? Rivals? 247? Lowering scholarships is a better idea because even though Bama might still get their top end players, it's the low end 5 to the mid 4 stars talents that they have to make decisions on. They can't offer a scholarship to a guy like Byron Young just so we can't have him or a guy like Brandon Turnage. Bama is always going to get the Najee Harris, Devonta Smith, and Jaylen Waddle's of the world. Nothing is going to stop that. Because in your system if Bama has a 5 star they like they can just go to the recruiting service and get the guy dropped down to a 4 star and problem solved.

Completely agree that is is subjective there would have to be a standard that would have to be meet, how that is come up with, don't ask me. But, that is why they have a cap on the amount of 4 stars they could get. eventually the top level talent or what is considered top level has to be divided up amongst the teams. Again if all they had was 70 schollys they would just not sign the two to three 3 stars that they sign every year. They would still be able to hoard everything that they already hoard.