(02-06-2018 02:55 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(02-06-2018 02:29 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  

(01-31-2018 06:30 PM)Ohio Poly Wrote:  G5 would lose good players to P5 but it would leave a better HS recruiting pool for them plus they could in turn raid FCS. A G5 playoff would become unavoidable.

There will never be a "G5" playoff and this proposal would have the potential to hurt or help any schools equally. You could raid the bench of a school that has better athletes on its bench than you have or you could go to peers who are not winning and swipe some contributors. It would probably even things out even more than the current situation across CFB.

I suspect that the losses of guys with stars in their eyes about transferring to P5 programs will be more than offset by the guys who come to the conclusion that being the 2nd best or 3rd best on the P5 team at their position and spending most of the game watching isn't as much fun as playing.

That’s not the issue. I fully expect the numbers would likely balance. What you will see is G5 stars moving up and P5 busts moving down. The numbers will be about equal—but it represents a net talent transfer to the P5 from the G5. Frankly, other than QB—#2’s play quite a bit in college and are just one injury way from starting. So you are looking at #3’s and below from P5 depth charts looking at G5’s. Not to mention, the best of that group is likely to head to P5 schools that have a need/void at thier position.

Worse yet, I suspect proven G5 QB’s would be the most popular P5 target. Extremely didficult for any program to get anywhere when the top QB talent keeps getting stripped away.