'Power 5 Football schools will now be required to provide direct payments to their athletes, to the tune of up to 22% of the average P5 revenue income."

That sounds like an illegal salary cap. The NFL, NBA, and NHL can do it because the cap is collectively bargained. MLS is a single entity. College athletes are not part if a union and there is no single entity in college sports. I'm sure the lawyers are getting ready to sue in a different circuit

More details https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2024/7/27/24207738/ncaa-lawsuit-settlement-scholarship-roster-limits-marquette-golden-eagles-big-east-power-five

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that even though schools have the ability to award 28 scholarships, they don't have to and a lot of schools won't be able to.

Then it becomes nothing more than an intramural club sport. Yes, they don't have to award 28, but it wouldn't make sense either for a school that cannot afford to offer scholarships to maintain their program which is another concern.

A scholarship cost the school nothing. The true cost is no where near what is listed.

It's way too soon to know all the affects of these changes. You can't apply the new rules at the current conditions to draw your conclusions because the total pie that is college sports will be getting a whole lot bigger. NCAA and the P4 conferences agreed to make these changes, as a trade off, because they will be get more money coming in. In some cases a lot more money. It will take time for the dust to settle and there will be individuals and schools with major impacts. But the net of it all will probably be better in general for college sports because the money is coming and we all know what drives things.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that even though schools have the ability to award 28 scholarships, they don't have to and a lot of schools won't be able to.

Then it becomes nothing more than an intramural club sport. Yes, they don't have to award 28, but it wouldn't make sense either for a school that cannot afford to offer scholarships to maintain their program which is another concern.

This makes no sense. No school offered full rides to entire roster before these changes.

Anonymous wrote:Just remember that even though schools have the ability to award 28 scholarships, they don't have to and a lot of schools won't be able to.

Then it becomes nothing more than an intramural club sport. Yes, they don't have to award 28, but it wouldn't make sense either for a school that cannot afford to offer scholarships to maintain their program which is another concern.

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Anonymous wrote:This new rule being passed will change everything. Non power 4 conferences are now basically D3.

Ummmm.. it's the exact opposite of this ^

UMMMM...opposite how? Explain.

Just remember that even though schools have the ability to award 28 scholarships, they don't have to and a lot of schools won't be able to.

This will be a HUGE shift. With D1 roster size limits and the transfer portal, it will be even more competitive to get recruited out of high school.

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Anonymous wrote:This change is going to be painful. Looking at Penn State current women’s roster, they have 33 players. Their 2025 recruit class is like 10 players. This means they will have to cut loose a lot of players in 2025 to meet the cap. The trickle down will not be fun. 25 and 26 players should be nervous about losing your spot unless you are a top recruit.

Penn State has 33 with 4 seniors and 6 grads. They have 11 2025 commits, so 34 means they need to drop 6.

This is going to to be brutal for a bunch of girls. Some of these kids are going to have few, if any, other options. Let's try and support everyone through this as it's going to get worse before it gets better......

No, they just don't have money for them.

Not when the roster sizes on some teams are 35. 2025s are being decommitted.

Anonymous wrote:This new rule being passed will change everything. Non power 4 conferences are now basically D3.

Ummmm.. it's the exact opposite of this ^

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Anonymous wrote:There should be caps. Imagine going to a school and not playing. Stupid. 22 rostered is more than enough.

Lots of players in every college sport will never play. Football carries 85 (some teams have even more players not officially on the team)- lots will never see the field

Yes college takes way too many players. It waters down the sport. Maybe 1% of NCAA players will make a professional team and stay in the roster for over 2 years. College soccer takes 90% of the girl ECNL.

My son made one before college

Girls soccer went up! Double! This is great news people. Lots more money for more players.

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Anonymous wrote:This change is going to be painful. Looking at Penn State current women’s roster, they have 33 players. Their 2025 recruit class is like 10 players. This means they will have to cut loose a lot of players in 2025 to meet the cap. The trickle down will not be fun. 25 and 26 players should be nervous about losing your spot unless you are a top recruit.

Penn State has 33 with 4 seniors and 6 grads. They have 11 2025 commits, so 34 means they need to drop 6.

This is going to to be brutal for a bunch of girls. Some of these kids are going to have few, if any, other options. Let's try and support everyone through this as it's going to get worse before it gets better......

No, they just don't have money for them.

Anonymous wrote:First off, there is only going to be a roster limit, not a scholarship limit starting in 2025-2026. That limit for women's soccer has not been announced. Second, number of funded scholarships is completely up to each school based on their financial situation. College may fund zero scholarships, one scholarship, or even more than the roster cap. given redshirting, full season injuries, a really deep pocketed school may have more players on scholarship than active roster for that year/season.

It was announced. It's actually excellent for womens soccer. They go from 14 full scholarships to 28!! More$$$ for more kids!

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Anonymous wrote:This change is going to be painful. Looking at Penn State current women’s roster, they have 33 players. Their 2025 recruit class is like 10 players. This means they will have to cut loose a lot of players in 2025 to meet the cap. The trickle down will not be fun. 25 and 26 players should be nervous about losing your spot unless you are a top recruit.

Penn State has 33 with 4 seniors and 6 grads. They have 11 2025 commits, so 34 means they need to drop 6.

This is going to to be brutal for a bunch of girls. Some of these kids are going to have few, if any, other options. Let's try and support everyone through this as it's going to get worse before it gets better......