Recruiting is about to be fundamentally changed for all schools

Let's ride.

The 25 limit will still exist for all schools, which will limit potential destinations as well.

We found this out with the current Transfer Portal. A large percentage of players entered, but never found a destination because no schools had spots.

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think they’ll have to change the hard 25 rule. Schools will get cornholed by players leaving whenever they want and not being able to sign more players to fill the scholarship void left.

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Honestly I feel like they need a more drastic change.

I think you should drop football scholarships per team from 85 to 65 because at 85 it is making the sport uncompetitive. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. With 65 per team talent will disperse in P5, G5, and FCS.

And the argument that it is taking away opportunities from kids is not true because those 20 scholarships can go towards another sport for a school like men’s soccer that can’t currently be played because of title IX.

I’m as big as a college football fan as anyone but it’s getting very boring in its current format.

ETA: no limit to how many you can sign. Fill your roster.

As a G5 fan, I'm not as concerned as most. Yes, our elite players will leave to taking starting jobs at SEC schools when the opportunity presents itself. However, that is maybe one or two players per year at a school like Louisiana Tech. Even if the SEC has 85 scholarships G5 players (starters) are not going to transfer to a P5 just to ride the bench or be a backup. At the same time, G5 programs should be able to land P5 players that don't land the playing time they were looking for.

Ultimately, the transfer rule will lead to more quality G5 teams. Maybe not elite, as the top players will transfer, but as a complete starting unit this will improve schools like Louisiana Tech.

I think they need to do the following:

1. Get rid of the redshirt and give everyone 5 years of playing eligibility. This takes away all the medical and waiver issues. You get 5 years to play 5, that's it. Regardless of injuries, transfers, etc.
2. This would spread the scholarships over 5 years, so reduce the signees to 20, and the total to 80. This would allow 100 signees over 5 years, which accounts for attrition.

You could tweak these numbers, but the basic premise is good.

The conundrum is for schools like us and Kansas. We are so far below 85 that with the upcoming changes we may never get back.
I agree with keeping the 25 initial counter number but with the caveat that it's looked at again down the road to perhaps eliminate transfers from counting against those, strictly the 85. It's gonna be so wild initially that the 25 number helps reign it in some but down the road they have to enable teams to be able to stay close to the 85 number or there's no sense having it that high. There's no recourse for schools that lose 30+ in a single year to get back. Those losses are many times not the fault of the current coaching staff so I see no need punishing them with lowered numbers they can't make up because of another staffs pitfalls. Is gonna be very interesting to see the strategies of programs. I'd imagine new coaches will use the transfer market more initially to build teams with players of their choosing.

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I would assume this will benefit the major schools

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It's going to cut both ways. Perhaps some guys at G5 who blow up will want to transfer to a P6 program who has a need. Perhaps a lot of 4 stars who are not seeing playing time at P5 programs that stack up elite recruits, will switch to other P5 or G5 programs with the opportunity for more playing time.
Some programs will adapt and have the foresight to keep "recruiting" players already on their rosters plus keep their antennae up for possible defectors from other programs. Obviously they can't "tamper" with another team's players but they can find ways to gauge interest, etc.
It's also going to affect everyone to some degree, good and bad.

Rosters will get down to the 60s. Oh wait, that's already LSU.