Big 10, ACC, Big 12 Roster Limit Predictions?

Where in the world did you come to the conclusion that track is cheap. I know of NAIA schools with budgets of 150-200k for both genders combined. Your average small school is spending 5-7k for one track meet when you factor hotels, buses, food, and entry fees pending their roster size. P4 schools are blowing through 5 X that amount. Back when Clemson's women's team was finishing high at nats they went to florida relays and took the entire squad, all expenses paid, to Disney World for like 2-3 days. All of this is before you get to the completely ridiculus cost of facilities and equipment. 1 hurdle is $400-$500, PV mats are close to $50k. freaking starting blocks are $300-$500. Track teams are incredibly expensive in comparison with the money they make. Smaller schools actually make more off of track than any P4 school because they are enrollment driven. "Track is cheap." Thats the best one I have heard all day.

Why can't the general public or each state make public the grades of all the people on scholarship. Lets see if any of these football or bball players actually go to classes and do they actually get grades. If my son is losing his scholarship because its going to football, I want to make sure that the fball player is actually going to class

Maybe the mid-majors should just cut football. Biggest expense, lowest grades, no net revenue for them.

Where does half the BYU cross country team transfer to?

What other Mormon school is this country?

It’s a joke anyways. The grade inflation and outright manipulation for the football/basketball players isn’t a secret.

Back in the day every week or two we had to go to all our instructors and they and would have to sign off that we were currently maintaining a C- or better (the running coach took this seriously). Occasionally a FB or BB player would be academically ineligible and couldn't play that week, is this even a thing anymore?

That would be illegal due to FERPA laws.

This sounds like something your specific institution did. There aren't academic standards that make someone ineligible from week to week during a semester. From an NCAA rules standpoint you're looking at that (GPA, PTD, etc) after each semester (not passing enough hours, GPA falls below a certain point). Conferences and schools can (and have) also made standards higher than those set by the NCAA. But basically if a player is eligible under NCAA rules you know at the least what their GPA is. You're never going to get the details of is someone going to class, etc. Those progress reports (at least schools I have been at do regular progress reports to the academic advisors so coaches are aware of who is struggling, etc) aren't public knowledge and shouldn't be.

Same guy who made massive cuts at GT was the same guy who tried to cut Clemson's program and is now at Miami. That guy absolutely HATES track and field apparently.

Cut the crap and cut to the chase. Who is going to get the prized roster spot - the American or the foreigner?

Of course we have the same situation in reverse with all those Americans taking valuable roster spots and schollies at universtitties (sp. intended) over here.

Ummm, time to clean house on that front..............yes????????????????

Also same guy who was sport admin at South Carolina years ago when they cut men's xc

If he was making massive cuts in other sports he wasn't targeting T&F.

SLCC is booming this time of year.

I don't foresee other conferences following suit... individual schools might.

In addition to the SwimSwam article indicating the SEC's divide with other conferences is the fact that the SEC ADs proposed very small track roster sizes to the NCAA before the decision came out on roster size. The Big10 did the opposite proposing a generous roster size and the other conferences were in the middle. They SEC knew they wanted smaller track rosters and just decided to self impose it on themselves.

I also think the SEC schools literally intend to pay every athlete on a roster a minimum of a full ride. No partials/no walk ons, to limit liability moving forward. To make this more affordable they need to be smaller than the NCAA limit. I can't back this last claim up...just hearsay.