How does it happen?

[CNCEagle97]

I find it hard to believe you can bring in forty one transfers to one team like CN did. Where does that kind of money come from? Actually I think Limestone did about the same thing which is mind boggling to understand how hard that must be to arrange. Maybe some one on this board can enlighten me on this topic.

Better question is why with all the transfers, can CN not field a competitive team? Obviously Newberry win, while good, is a fluke.

[Larold]

85 is the scholarship limit for Division I FBS. They can have more than that on the roster, but only 85 can be under athletic scholarship.

Thanks, Chuck.

[Chuck Bitner]

Thanks.
Was reading where U of Alabama is allowed 85, but that probably means active Varsity.

85 is the scholarship limit for Division I FBS. They can have more than that on the roster, but only 85 can be under athletic scholarship.

[Larold]

Thanks.
Was reading where U of Alabama is allowed 85, but that probably means active Varsity.

[Saints Tailgating]

I must have misunderstood.. You have 180 football players?

Yes, 180. That number would include those who are redshirting.

[Larold]

Limestone went into Spring practice with 120 kids. Shortly after, we were down to 40 kids. By the start of Fall camp, we had 180 kids, which is our current number (give or take). This would be a combination of incoming freshman and transfers.

I must have misunderstood.. You have 180 football players?

[Larold]

I think college athletes (especially D2 and D3) have no understanding of personal finance or student loans. As we know, schools have limited scholarships, so a lot of these guys are going to schools with little to no scholarship money and taking on up to $10k+ of student loans each semester. They don’t understand that this money given to them in the forms of federal loans will have to be paid back.

Sure, playing college ball for 4-6 years is cool, but when you graduate and have $50,000+ in student loans, how cool will you be then?

Maybe not.

[Saints Tailgating]

Limestone went into Spring practice with 120 kids. Shortly after, we were down to 40 kids. By the start of Fall camp, we had 180 kids, which is our current number (give or take). This would be a combination of incoming freshman and transfers.

[d2superfan10]

I think college athletes (especially D2 and D3) have no understanding of personal finance or student loans. As we know, schools have limited scholarships, so a lot of these guys are going to schools with little to no scholarship money and taking on up to $10k+ of student loans each semester. They don’t understand that this money given to them in the forms of federal loans will have to be paid back.

Sure, playing college ball for 4-6 years is cool, but when you graduate and have $50,000+ in student loans, how cool will you be then?

[Adam Cavalier]

While the 41 is accurate. That’s the total number of transfers on the roster. So it includes guys like Braxton Westfield, AJ Hunter, Jordun Wilson, Jordan Caldwell, Daniel Dixon-Brooks etc etc., who have been with the program a few years.

The new transfers on the roster total 25 this year. Still a lot but not as crazy. That number goes down a bit when you further consider eligibility stuff and transfers who routinely dress out.

[Bearhof]

That’s still getting rid of a lot of players on scholarships. Would think it would be very expensive undertaking.

[BearFan1]

Great question. West Florida did it a couple of years ago. Pembroke has been very active the past several years, Eskrine has a bunch of portal transfers. Only thing I can think of is it's a lot of Pell Grant people.

[Bearhof]

I find it hard to believe you can bring in forty one transfers to one team like CN did. Where does that kind of money come from? Actually I think Limestone did about the same thing which is mind boggling to understand how hard that must be to arrange. Maybe some one on this board can enlighten me on this topic.