New NCAA Roster Limits/Scholarship Increases

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Has anyone been following this and understand how it will affect men and women's soccer in terms of total scholarships that will now be available?

https://sports.yahoo.com/patrick-mah...163837533.html

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No!!!

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No!!!

We'll get on that. I need someone with some inside knowledge or ability to translate. My brain is not comprehending this at all.

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I believe that more scholarships are possible, but it will depend on how many schools choose to fund. This is also affected by Title 9.

Roster maximums will decrease.

overall probably not great

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Yay! Everyone gets a scholarship and equal play time.

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Yay! Everyone gets a scholarship and equal play time.

Or same number of scholarships and less players per team.

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Has anyone been following this and understand how it will affect men and women's soccer in terms of total scholarships that will now be available?

https://sports.yahoo.com/patrick-mah...163837533.html

Yes. The basics, assuming the settlement is approved (which it very likely will be), are:

1. D1 school rosters capped at 28 starting fall 2025. A number of schools have more than 28 between returning players and commits so will need to cut or withdraw offers for a number of players.

2. D1 schools are currently limited to a number of scholarships to apportion among the team (14 for women and I think 12 for men). That cap won’t exist anymore, and schools will have the discretion to provide up to a full scholarship to anyone on the roster.

3. For the small number of players in the biggest football conferences like Big 10 and SEC this will likely mean significant scholarship increases for most rostered players.

4. How schools are impacted will vary school by school. A lot may end up needing to cut some sports to support the sports they prioritize.

5. This only matters at all for D1 and D3 (except that the fewer spots in D1 will make D2 and D3 recruiting even more competitive).

6. Smaller D1 schools can opt out of these rules. To do so they’d need to give up a share of their distribution from the NCAA, which would further crunch their budgets, so it’s unclear whether anyone will do that.

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This is the beginning of the power 4 separating from NCAA. They want to make money and don’t give a damn about actual student athletes.

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Yes. The basics, assuming the settlement is approved (which it very likely will be), are:

1. D1 school rosters capped at 28 starting fall 2025. A number of schools have more than 28 between returning players and commits so will need to cut or withdraw offers for a number of players.

2. D1 schools are currently limited to a number of scholarships to apportion among the team (14 for women and I think 12 for men). That cap won’t exist anymore, and schools will have the discretion to provide up to a full scholarship to anyone on the roster.

3. For the small number of players in the biggest football conferences like Big 10 and SEC this will likely mean significant scholarship increases for most rostered players.

4. How schools are impacted will vary school by school. A lot may end up needing to cut some sports to support the sports they prioritize.

5. This only matters at all for D1 and D3 (except that the fewer spots in D1 will make D2 and D3 recruiting even more competitive).

6. Smaller D1 schools can opt out of these rules. To do so they’d need to give up a share of their distribution from the NCAA, which would further crunch their budgets, so it’s unclear whether anyone will do that.

Such rigid thinking.