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Post by oldbeav on Apr 27, 2022 10:50:16 GMT -8
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Apr 27, 2022 11:02:49 GMT -8
The haves and have nots gap will widen.....prolly one more paid coach? Schools who support baseball a couple more full scholarships?
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 27, 2022 11:12:25 GMT -8
The elimination of scholly caps are going too hurt most schools. Unless a NLI's can fund schollies, schools with larger athletic budgets will be in the driver's seat to have a large roster of scholly players depending on what an individual conference sets as the limit. SEC could all agree they can afford 30 baseball/softball full scholarships. The Pac12 could say our schools can only afford/agree to go to 20 full. You then are moving toward the days of yore when I played and SC had a 75-100 baseball players on some type of scholarship (depending on who you believe/talk to). Imagine the depth a team can build with just 25 schollies vs the 11.7! The rich will only get richer with NLI and conferences setting their own caps.
It be nice to have enough scholly money available for say 20-25 fulls for baseball, but that would have to be matched to softball (or equivalent to women's sports). I'm not sure where OSU would ever get the money to fund 20-30 extra full schollies. Elite players want to play, but a full ride and the mind set that they are good enough to play anywhere will be a great influencer on where kids play. It also may create a larger portal (plus the Covid waiver is over this year so the portal could really be huge when rosters have to revert back to 27/32) as after a year the full ride wasn't enough to keep a player happy that is not playing enough.
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Post by chinmusic on Apr 27, 2022 11:37:36 GMT -8
A chilling thought.
Back in the day, USC football used to have 150 guys onn full rides - 100 for the Trojans and 50 to keep them away from UCLA and Cal.
Paying college athletes, NIL ($1,000,000 athletes), unlimited scholarships . . . no rules, little enforcement.
What's not to like?
Emmert steps down next year, maybe that will help.
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Apr 27, 2022 12:00:27 GMT -8
I don’t think the changes to baseball will be that quick or drastic. College baseball is not much of a revenue generator and when it comes to the influence of NIL and roster stacking the draw of the MLB is going to offset a lot of the issues.
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Post by beaver55to7 on Apr 27, 2022 12:49:50 GMT -8
With the transfer portal, schools aren't going to be able to bank 20 players on scholarship that never hit the field. People want to play. They also run up against title 9 problems if the add a bunch of mens schollys without womens schollys following along. Far to early to panic about these potential changes without a lot more info.
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Post by hottubbeaver on Apr 27, 2022 13:17:10 GMT -8
With the transfer portal, schools aren't going to be able to bank 20 players on scholarship that never hit the field. People want to play. They also run up against title 9 problems if the add a bunch of mens schollys without womens schollys following along. Far to early to panic about these potential changes without a lot more info. I see the hoarding of players as unlikely also, not because some programs wont try, but because the incentive for players doesn't seem apparent to me. With that said, kids/parents will gravitate towards a program with an excellent record of developing players and skills even at the expense of less playing time early. Those programs are rare and fortunately we have a long track record, and growing, of being one of, if not the best, in the country at developing players. Then there is also the added bonus and draw of being part of something special called OSU and OSU Baseball. |
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