(02-01-2018 11:03 AM)Wedge Wrote:  1) It makes sense to allow a team to go over the limit of 25 to bring in new recruits when players decide to go elsewhere after a coaching change, but it could also create a perverse incentive for a new coach to chase players out of the program, if he gets to add one new recruit for every scholarship athlete he forces off the team.

2) There would have to be a waiver of the FBS football scholarship minimum for any program that has a coaching change or a postseason ban. If a head coach leaves for any reason, and half of the returning players on his "old" team transfer out, then the new head coach could very well have a difficult time getting up to the 76.5 scholarship minimum for the first two seasons.

Yep, and these are the kinds of devilish details that might make a seemingly simple and straightforward - and fair - proposal problematic. I bet policing these waivers and transitions will be a big headache.

There are moving parts that are impacted by this proposal, and i suspect schools will quickly figure out how to game the system in ways unintended by its authors.