Hawkn86 said:
Just from another perspective, I wonder how the group of 5 teams feel about the power four conferences now being able to award 1,300 additional football scholarships compared to the previous 85 limit per team? Can't be good for them even with the lower roster limits.
It's hard to say as currently with 85 scholarships they still carried another 40+ walkons. So the question is how many of those walkons stay as part of the 105, and how many are cut lose.
I think its likely there is more consolidation of higher ranked recruits, but it will also open up some better kids that wound up walking on.
It might be that some of those kids in the last 20 decide to roll down play at G5 (or lower) and get playing time then take it to the portal after 1-3 years. It's going to have an effect but how much and what it is exactly we're going to be learning over the next few years.
Another factor is the salaries that will be paid. Schools that aren't going to have the full $22M to pay out will take a bigger hit than those that do. Unfortunately that will have more impact than the roster spots, and we'll see more upward shift to the top brands as the new market is realized.
I'm more concerned in basketball as 13 scholarships made the men's game competitive, so reversing that could ruin the sport.