Anonymous wrote:And all the kids who have been working hard to get there, their chances just narrowed significantly. I don't have a 2025 but I wonder if they will somehow be collateral damage. Or will 2026s be? Juniors will need to apply to colleges in four months - soccer or not. Can recruiting really go until next spring for 2026s? And how will 2027 be impacted? I feel like many coaches would rather have a 20 year old veteran player from portal than fresh 18 year old new college who has been only playing 17/18 year old. So many moving parts. What a mess.

28 players is plenty. Not sure what the issue is...most of the girls that fall 22 to 28 NEVER set foot on the field.

Is this for all sports or just soccer with the caps?

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Anonymous wrote:And all the kids who have been working hard to get there, their chances just narrowed significantly. I don't have a 2025 but I wonder if they will somehow be collateral damage. Or will 2026s be? Juniors will need to apply to colleges in four months - soccer or not. Can recruiting really go until next spring for 2026s? And how will 2027 be impacted? I feel like many coaches would rather have a 20 year old veteran player from portal than fresh 18 year old new college who has been only playing 17/18 year old. So many moving parts. What a mess.

Coaches want the players who gets them 'W'
18 or 20

That's true

Anonymous wrote:And all the kids who have been working hard to get there, their chances just narrowed significantly. I don't have a 2025 but I wonder if they will somehow be collateral damage. Or will 2026s be? Juniors will need to apply to colleges in four months - soccer or not. Can recruiting really go until next spring for 2026s? And how will 2027 be impacted? I feel like many coaches would rather have a 20 year old veteran player from portal than fresh 18 year old new college who has been only playing 17/18 year old. So many moving parts. What a mess.

Coaches want the players who gets them 'W'
18 or 20

Anonymous wrote:And all the kids who have been working hard to get there, their chances just narrowed significantly. I don't have a 2025 but I wonder if they will somehow be collateral damage. Or will 2026s be? Juniors will need to apply to colleges in four months - soccer or not. Can recruiting really go until next spring for 2026s? And how will 2027 be impacted? I feel like many coaches would rather have a 20 year old veteran player from portal than fresh 18 year old new college who has been only playing 17/18 year old. So many moving parts. What a mess.

Why would this change make it worse for 2025s or 2026s? Seems like this would most certainly help the 2025s, as well as all the committed 2026s, right? I could see the "5 in 5 rule change" hurting the 2026s and beyond, and depending on the roster grandfathering/phasing-in process, the 26s could be impacted some, but more so on the 2027s I would think.

This won’t settle out until the 2010s are heading to college.

All those cut players will be in a strong position to argue they were harmed and colleges will probably be forced to let them come back on the team if they haven't already transferred.

And all the kids who have been working hard to get there, their chances just narrowed significantly. I don't have a 2025 but I wonder if they will somehow be collateral damage. Or will 2026s be? Juniors will need to apply to colleges in four months - soccer or not. Can recruiting really go until next spring for 2026s? And how will 2027 be impacted? I feel like many coaches would rather have a 20 year old veteran player from portal than fresh 18 year old new college who has been only playing 17/18 year old. So many moving parts. What a mess.

Had not seen this stat until today for the sheer impact roster limits will bring.

"ESPN reported in November that at least 4,739 roster spots on Division I teams could be eliminated under the current terms of the House settlement."

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/NCAA/2025/04/23/ncaa-settlement-house-football-pitt-roster-limits-colleges/stories/202504230094

Or get paid for their pain and suffering

Looks like the judge is going to have a "grandfather" approach to roster caps or will not approve the settlement. All of these P4 schools cleared their teams this year to meet these roster caps believing they would be implemented immediately next school year. The judge chastised them for being too hasty before the settlement was finalized.

I bet the rationale on why the attorneys objected so strongly to this approach was a new class action suit by players who were prematurely cut this year and wanting to come back to their teams.

What a mess!