D1 going back to 105 football scholarships

[tsull]

Wow, going back to the dark ages/no parity of 105 scholarships. Goodbye underdogs. When they went to 85, there were still the national powers, but schools like Northwestern and Washington State -- two Rose Bowls each -- had a shot. Those days are over. Just make the 16-team professional league and call it a day. Quit dragging this out. The $30M a year coach is coming soon as is the $10M players. Quit telling the Missippissis and Vanderbilts of the world that they have a shot. They don't.

* Baseball going to 34 scholarships, men's hoop to 15.

[laker]

As this garbage goes on, I grow less and less interested in D1 sports. I think we are heading to a complete reorganization. I find I enjoy D2, D3, NAIA and JC ball so much more.

[tsull]

Article, from a WSU board with a Cougar slant, but it has all the info needed. Do you really need 15 men's hoop players and the 7 or so assistants they have? What a waste. D1 sports is a joke, I'm done.

https://247sports.com/college/washin...rts-234129694/

[laker]

Article, from a WSU board with a Cougar slant, but it has all the info needed. Do you really need 15 men's hoop players and the 7 or so assistants they have? What a waste. D1 sports is a joke, I'm done.

https://247sports.com/college/washin...rts-234129694/

I was sitting at a basketball game with one of my football buddies. He said while they were playing- "I think that they have more coaches on the bench than they do subs!"

I never had more than one assistant in any sport that I coached- and sometimes I was the only coach. No trainer either.

[WT_TKW]

As this garbage goes on, I grow less and less interested in D1 sports. I think we are heading to a complete reorganization. I find I enjoy D2, D3, NAIA and JC ball so much more.

I feel that way about the NFL.

[MooseLodge]

What we have is basically five tiers for "Division 1" college football:

Major League, comprised of 8 teams, as determined by media: tOSU, Michigan, Texas, Texas A&M, Georgia, Alabama, Penn State, Notre Dame. These teams are already receiving $20 million plus per year just on NIL deals. I'll call this 5A. Most of the national network prime time slots this fall will include at least one of these teams, and whoever they happen to be playing. Most of these teams will get automatic bids to the CFP at the end of the year, unless they completely fall out of bed, because they are media darlings. tOSU is #2 preseason, and they open 3 games at home against Akron, Western Illinois, and Marshall. So they are on cruise control most of the way through. They might have actual contests against Nebraska or Penn State, and will have a dog fight against Michigan. So basically they've got three games to really prepare for to make the playoff, and they probably only need to win 1 or 2 of those.

4A is next. That's going to be the rest of the top 30 or so programs in the country. Penn State, FSU, Clemson, USC, Oregon, Iowa etc.. In the Big 12, that will include Oklahoma State (which happens to be #10 in FBS wins over the last two decades), K-State, Utah, TCU, and usually Baylor. These are going to be primetime national, but on ESPN, and Friday nights on FoX, versus whoever they are playing. All of these teams, regardless of non-conference, will need 10 wins to have any shot at the CFP. These teams are receiving $2-5 million per year in NIL deals. Due to the depth of the Big 12, the odds of a 10-win season are extremely remote, which means that the odds of a Big 12 program reaching the CFP is also remote. The odds are against any 4A teams knocking off any teams in the playoffs, just due to the huge depth of talent at the top 8. In terms of parity, the Big 12 will be fun to watch every weekend.

3A is next. Texas Tech, Iowa State, Rutgers, Illinois. These will often be primetime, but on ESPN2, the CW, Big 10 Network, etc. Again, 10 wins to have any shot at the CFP. These teams are receiving $1-3 million in NIL deals.

2A is next. That's the G5. Most of these will be streaming, unless they are playing someone above. The top G5 team will get an auto bid to the CFP. Very small amount of media money. These teams are receiving well under $1 million in NIL deals.

1A is the FCS. Little media and NIL money. Half the scholarships (now) of FBS.

Then you start with D2 and work your way down.

[BuffaloChip]

I was sitting at a basketball game with one of my football buddies. He said while they were playing- "I think that they have more coaches on the bench than they do subs!"

I never had more than one assistant in any sport that I coached- and sometimes I was the only coach. No trainer either.

A former 20+ yr WT men's BB coach, then AD at Wayland Baptist, then Director of Men's BB and asst BB coach at Texas Tech, said there were so many assistants, managers, analysts, and associates for men's BB at Tech he needed to put numbers on their back to tell them apart. I also heard Tech spent $500,000 going to play in that early season Hawaii BB tournament. $500,000!

[cwfenn]

Dabo Swinney thinks it will end teams having walk-ons and make the transfer portal worse:

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...mpact-walk-ons

[cwfenn]

Guess this means Sewanee isn’t coming back to the SEC after all:

https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/stor...ounding-member

[tsull]

The end of D1 walk-ons, not sure if that will help or hurt FCS and D2 -- not that the NCAA cares about those divisions. Major college athletics is vile.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...mpact-walk-ons

[Turbonium]

I bet more and more older coaches retire earlier than they would have. To need to recruit new players and also recruit current players you've already recruited to show you're the best place for them must be exhausting. Add in all the need for outside financial support from spoiled donors who think they should call the shots... no thanks.

[tsull]

I bet more and more older coaches retire earlier than they would have. To need to recruit new players and also recruit current players you've already recruited to show your the best place for them must be exhausting. Add in all the need for outside financial support from spoiled donors who think they should call the shots... no thanks.

Yep. Boston College head coach left for an assistant job in the NFL exactly for the reasons you explain. It's rather amazing the NCAA wants to blow up the entire sport to benefit six or eight schools.

[MooseLodge]

Yep. Boston College head coach left for an assistant job in the NFL exactly for the reasons you explain. It's rather amazing the NCAA wants to blow up the entire sport to benefit six or eight schools.

This is the last thing the NCAA wanted. But the NCAA has gotten demolished by recent high court rulings. It's days are numbered.

[crixus]

As this garbage goes on, I grow less and less interested in D1 sports. I think we are heading to a complete reorganization. I find I enjoy D2, D3, NAIA and JC ball so much more.

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[ASUPops]

This makes FCS schools a laughingstock.