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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole college sports landscape is blowing up and IMO, it's not necessarily for the better.

There are no guardrails, limits, etc in place for any of the NIL funds and the "settlement" with the implementation of roster limits is just throwing things sideways.

Louisville in men's hoops this year pumped in $7.5M into transfers, etc and went just to the top of the ACC.  Good for them, I guess?

Heck, you have more limits with newly drafted  professional NFL players than you do with college kids in terms of salary limits, time at a club, etc.

On top of that, now there is discussion of eliminating red-shirts, etc and implementing a 5 in 5 system (5 years of playing in 5 years of school) just further erodes incoming players securing spots - the non-unicorn 2026 girls in soccer are getting crushed between roster limits, the transfer portal, etc.

More and more players are dropping from D1 mid majors to D2 and D3.  While that pulls those programs higher, it pushes those that would have played D2 and D3 out.

Now, all of that being said, my DD is a 2027 and is now actively involved now in all this stuff so it will be interesting to see what happens with her friends that are 2026s and what comes once her official window opens in June.

Good luck to all.[/quote]

I totally agree.

NCAA is pi$$ing on our heads and telling us that it's raining.

By limiting rosters to 28 but allowing D1 colleges to give unlimited scholarships, it hurts the number of players but gives none of the benefits. Colleges are not going to give more scholarships to soccer programs. I've heard multiple college coaches state that their budgets are not changing for soccer. There is no extra scholarship money because, in most cases, colleges do not make a profit from soccer. In fact, the coaches stated they don't want to have extra scholarships. If they did have 28 full scholarships to hand out, that puts pressure on them to win the national championship every year; and if they didn't win the national championship, they lose their jobs.

Plus if you look at roster sizes between professional sports teams and D1 programs, it's ridiculous:

- NFL roster size: 69 total (53 active, 16 practice squad) / D1 Football: 105 players
- NBA roster: 15 total / D1 Basketball: 15 players
- MLB roster: 26 total / D1 Baseball: 34 players
- NHL roster: 23 total / D1 Hockey: 26 players
- MLS roster: 30 total / D1 Soccer: 28 players

So of the 5 major sports, Soccer is the only one with less rostered players.

So all the NCAA has done is limit the number of American players that will get to experience to play college soccer at the D1 level. And it really makes no sense especially with the fact that it is the fastest growing sports in the country of these 5. [/quote]

Is NCAA aware of all this? Or do they represent the future NFL and NBA prospects? NCAA charges $100/prospect player for a number registration and several players not even play in college. It looks like a scam.[/quote]

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