I think the new rules because of the antitrust case are gonna change football and college sports in general. Womens Basketball is the only sport not affected as its roster size stays at 15 men get 2 more spots. Baseball's scholly limit is almost tripled. But, for Football 105 actually means a smaller roster because it affects walkons. Its a hard 105 limit. Afaik currently you can have as many walkons, greyshirts as you want. for example this season Nebraska has 66 walk-ons 151 on roster. This would mean they'd have to cut 46 guys. UT's currently published roster is 123.
So in one way it means teams can have more on scholly but it also means less bodies. Those redshirts become scout teamers. Does it mean in bigger programs more development? In some ways it could lead to more talent being found because you're gonna be literally more invested in those last 20 guys. Does this mean the talent pool at lower levels gets diluted as more of them sign with FBS schools since now they can get schollies and bide their time? I think the positions hit hardest will be specialists. No more 3 long snappers and 4 kickers and more full-time starters returning kicks and punts. I think it will be interesting to see play out. This also will have a huge effect on NIL. No more ghost sponsorships. Spire does not do it a lot at all afaik but some schools do.. now that schools will directly pay athletes there is going to be a clearinghouse to monitor that all NIL deals are actually real sponsorships not just a bag of cash. I think because of spire UT is in a perfect position for this.
Another thing that I haven't heard many talk on is how this will affect Private schools and service academies. I think this possibly helps private schools be more competitive but it is not necessarily good for service academies. This new change means full scholarships become a reality. Most people are unaware that less than 1% of all schollies are full-ride they rarely cover all expenses and most college athletes end up with some amount of debt after graduating if its not covered by grants or otherwise. This new situation allows colleges to cover those gaps and its more important at private schools where costs are significantly higher. No Vandy will never be good at football but they might be able to not suck which is good for TN as a state IMHO and UT in general because wed have a legit instate mini rivalry instead of the one sided beatdown its always been.
So in one way it means teams can have more on scholly but it also means less bodies. Those redshirts become scout teamers. Does it mean in bigger programs more development? In some ways it could lead to more talent being found because you're gonna be literally more invested in those last 20 guys. Does this mean the talent pool at lower levels gets diluted as more of them sign with FBS schools since now they can get schollies and bide their time? I think the positions hit hardest will be specialists. No more 3 long snappers and 4 kickers and more full-time starters returning kicks and punts. I think it will be interesting to see play out. This also will have a huge effect on NIL. No more ghost sponsorships. Spire does not do it a lot at all afaik but some schools do.. now that schools will directly pay athletes there is going to be a clearinghouse to monitor that all NIL deals are actually real sponsorships not just a bag of cash. I think because of spire UT is in a perfect position for this.
Another thing that I haven't heard many talk on is how this will affect Private schools and service academies. I think this possibly helps private schools be more competitive but it is not necessarily good for service academies. This new change means full scholarships become a reality. Most people are unaware that less than 1% of all schollies are full-ride they rarely cover all expenses and most college athletes end up with some amount of debt after graduating if its not covered by grants or otherwise. This new situation allows colleges to cover those gaps and its more important at private schools where costs are significantly higher. No Vandy will never be good at football but they might be able to not suck which is good for TN as a state IMHO and UT in general because wed have a legit instate mini rivalry instead of the one sided beatdown its always been.
