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More, fewer or just right? College football rosters.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:39 pm
Was listening recently to some sports show while I was traveling, and the announcer was advocating for basically unlimited rosters, saying there "there is so much talent right now that it doesn't make sense for a college team to suffer because a few players get injured."
I'd be against that. Schools like Alabama would stockpile talent and only a few schools across the country would be elite. There is no way a school like Marshall could even be uttered in the same sentence. The diversity in the talent pool would really shrink for smaller schools. One of the reasons we're at the current limit is 'Bama stockpiling in the past and hording talent.
On the other hand, NFL teams can call up players from developmental squads if someone gets injured.
I'd be against that. Schools like Alabama would stockpile talent and only a few schools across the country would be elite. There is no way a school like Marshall could even be uttered in the same sentence. The diversity in the talent pool would really shrink for smaller schools. One of the reasons we're at the current limit is 'Bama stockpiling in the past and hording talent.
On the other hand, NFL teams can call up players from developmental squads if someone gets injured.
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Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:41 pm to HubbaBubba
quote:Should a school like Marshall be uttered in the same sentence?
There is no way a school like Marshall could even be uttered in the same sentence.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:42 pm to HubbaBubba
You think bama caused the limit? Are you retarded?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:50 pm to HubbaBubba
Unlimited roster sizes or unlimited scholarships?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:10 pm to HubbaBubba
Just raise the scholly limit 10 or 15 more.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:33 pm to HubbaBubba
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Schools like Alabama would stockpile talent and only a few schools across the country would be elite.
I don't think star recruits are just going to stay at a tip school and get buried on the depth chart. They will transfer to get playing time. This already happens at the current roster sizes so increasing the rosters would only increase this imo.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:40 pm to Dr. Shultz
quote:only in comparison to a superior intellect like yourself
You think bama caused the limit? Are you retarded?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:43 pm to HubbaBubba
In a near future world of pay to play, I don't see the rosters getting any bigger.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:57 pm to TypoKnig
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I don't think star recruits are just going to stay at a tip school and get buried on the depth chart.
Exactly. This isn't the 50's anymore. Kids want to play and some kid that can get time won't settle for being Bama's 5th string QB just because he used to go watch games there with Paw Paw growing up.
I don't have any particular objection to increasing roster sizes but don't really see the point. Increasing scholarship limits is impractical because money even at the top schools is finite.
85 scholarship and 105 total players is a pretty big roster.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 2:01 pm to HubbaBubba
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just right
Posted on 8/24/14 at 2:09 pm to Walking the Earth
you can't sign players midseason... i used to be for lower scholarship limits and roster sizes until i realized that
Posted on 8/24/14 at 2:38 pm to HubbaBubba
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One of the reasons we're at the current limit is 'Bama stockpiling in the past and hording talent.
No, Title IX is the reason. If you want to add 15-20 scholarships to football then you need to add another women's program.
Posted on 8/24/14 at 4:11 pm to HubbaBubba
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Was listening recently to some sports show while I was traveling, and the announcer was advocating for basically unlimited rosters, saying there "there is so much talent right now that it doesn't make sense for a college team to suffer because a few players get injured."
Schools get 85 scholarships so as long as you allocate them appropriately, and identify and develop talent, a team should be 3 deep at every position with scholarship players.
If your second string players aren't good enough with 85 scholarships, would 100 make that much of a difference?
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