Are we really capped at 27 commits?

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Or is there some technical loophole that would allow us to sign more than that?
 
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VolinMichigan said:
Or is there some technical loophole that would allow us to sign more than that?
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Someone sticky this....

We can enroll 27 for the fall semester...but we can sign a total of 30 recruits on the 3rd....so if we sign the 30 max...we have to place 3 in either juco or prep...
 
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Tennessee's commitment list on Rivals and Scout could reach as high as 30. Tennessee's submitted list to the SEC can only max out at 28 per academic year. (25 qualified, 3 non-qualifiers)

Tennessee can only enroll 25 scholarship athletes per academic year. Considering where their back-counts leave them, Tennessee could accept 27 of those 30, with 2-3 being back-counted to the previous academic year of 2009.
 
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It had to be done so you don't sign 36 or whatever he had... just made it a bit more confusing to those who don't follow recruiting like a religion
 
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KnoxVegas said:
Someone sticky this....

We can enroll 27 for the fall semester...but we can sign a total of 30 recruits on the 3rd....so if we sign the 30 max...we have to place 3 in either juco or prep...
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I hope everyone who is freaking out about the commits we accepted today; reads this. Some people make it confusing by talking about back counting...etc...but this is a simple explanation

[sign up to 30 on NSD / 27 is the limit to enroll in Fall].
 
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KnoxVegas said:
Someone sticky this....

We can enroll 27 for the fall semester...but we can sign a total of 30 recruits on the 3rd....so if we sign the 30 max...we have to place 3 in either juco or prep...
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I am assuming you are counting it this way... 28 hard count + the 2 backcount? It has always elluded me what would be the benefit of counting 2 people twice.
 
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tshadow said:
I am assuming you are counting it this way... 28 hard count + the 2 backcount? It has always elluded me what would be the benefit of counting 2 people twice.
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I'm not really sure what you mean by this...

This is the best way I know to explain our numbers situation...

SEC rules: enroll 25 a year but can sign 28 a year.

Because we only had 23 for the 09' class...we are able to backcount
2 players.........25 (sec rule)-23(09' class)= 2 (additional players for 10')

apply the 2 to the SEC rule...... enroll 25+2=27...sign 28+2=30.....
 
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KnoxVegas said:
I'm not really sure what you mean by this...

This is the best way I know to explain our numbers situation...

SEC rules: enroll 25 a year but can sign 28 a year.

Because we only had 23 for the 09' class...we are able to backcount
2 players.........25 (sec rule)-23(09' class)= 2 (additional players for 10')

apply the 2 to the SEC rule...... enroll 25+2=27...sign 28+2=30.....
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25+3 sign and place is the hard count + 2 back count. That 0nly 28 rule could bite the sec in the butt if it is not universally implimented. Slive is an incompetent boob.
 
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Is the 25 counting Ralph Williams, IMO he is Ole Miss bound. Word is he won't make it in to school no matter who he commits too.
 
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tshadow said:
25+3 sign and place is the hard count + 2 back count. That 0nly 28 rule could bite the sec in the butt if it is not universally implimented. Slive is an incompetent boob.
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Slive didn't make the 28 signing limit rule. The SEC member schools voted in favor of it. It's pretty rare to see schools outside of the SEC sign more than 28 anyway.

The NCAA only lets you enroll 25 new scholarship players per year and you can only have 85 players on scholly and 20 more walk-ons. So the 28 limit gives you three to cushion against potential non-qualifiers.

Houston Nutt signed a ton of kids he new wouldn't qualify and then placed them in JUCO trying to build relationships with the JUCO coaches and increase the odds of being able to get those players coming out of JUCO.

So, the 28 limit really does not create any significant disadvantage or problems in being able to enroll your 25 each year, unless your going after too many kids that aren't likely to qualify. And that's the point. They're supposed to be student athletes. Your supposed to recruit kids who are academically qualified to enroll.
 
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Tidal Surge said:
Slive didn't make the 28 signing limit rule. The SEC member schools voted in favor of it. It's pretty rare to see schools outside of the SEC sign more than 28 anyway.

The NCAA only lets you enroll 25 new scholarship players per year and you can only have 85 players on scholly and 20 more walk-ons. So the 28 limit gives you three to cushion against potential non-qualifiers.

Houston Nutt signed a ton of kids he new wouldn't qualify and then placed them in JUCO trying to build relationships with the JUCO coaches and increase the odds of being able to get those players coming out of JUCO.

So, the 28 limit really does not create any significant disadvantage or problems in being able to enroll your 25 each year, unless your going after too many kids that aren't likely to qualify. And that's the point. They're supposed to be student athletes. Your supposed to recruit kids who are academically qualified to enroll.
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thanks,that's the best post I've read on the limit
 
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I'd really like to see TidalSurge and " Gmule and 40 acres" avatars get together with me in the middle:)

We could start a new state-Tennebama
 
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