What are all the cut NCAA runners going to do?

Cross country teams travel everyone several times. And there were runners top 7 on national qualifying teams who were 4th and 5th year guys who wouldn't have a spot under the new rules. Michigan typically has 30 men on the team. Their 20th guy or 25th guy were the type who ran 9:10 in high school. No spot in the future even though some of them develop into 13:40 guys.

How bad do you think d2 is?

I said what I said.... The 7th man at colorado school of mines (NCAA d2 champs) has PR's of 9:01 steeple and 14:26 5k. 30 seconds slower than the last time into NCAA prelims in either region. 14:24 was good for 500th place in the NCAA D1 last year.

You can be outside the top 500 in a single event in D1 and take home gold in D2

Just substitute "world" with "track and field" and that pretty much sums it up.

REM - It's the End of the World as we Know it.

13:40 ain’t sh*t in the modern era. 13:40 / 14:40 / 15:40 are all the same in a 12:40 world. People have to face facts that the sport has changed and that the NCAA is not a charity for good, not great runners. A guy running 13:40 in the third fastest heat at Bryan Clay and a dude running 15:02 to win a Turkey Trot get the same thing for their efforts-$0 and no pro contract because they are both hobby joggers in the new age. Cute fake tanned and big breasted girls that run 35:00 and have a Shoetube channel are more impactful than Mr. 13:40.

17 is the cut for XC. Iowa State was 2nd in the NCAA and they had top 7 guys slower than 13:40. Your post is idiotic.

Go to class, hopefully. If they're not good enough to make the cut then they should be focused primarily on academics. Whether they continue to be hobby joggers is an individual consideration.

I had a fukton of fun in NIRCA 10 years ago.

It will take about 13:50 to get into indoor D2 nationals and the top guys are running 13:20’s. But keep on being ignorant.

Wow you really are ignorant. Outside top 500 in D1 doesn’t even qualify for some D2 conference meets. Might want to actually do some research before spouting off fake info

Football roster will be 105 not 100. 300 d1 schools x 5 guys = 1500 extra players right there.

Also scholarships increased from 85 to 105.

So smaller rosters, but with more scholarships plus pay, plus NIL.

Clubs are the future. I played club sport in college and it was a blast. Very social, but at same time people took it seriously although without the pressure of a D1 team. We played clubs from nearby colleges and also some D2 and D3 squads. Plenty of competition to be had regionally.

Clubs also teach you to be resourceful. No special treatment. We had to get on own rides, scrounge for food lol and secure access to facilities.

Finding coaches can be a challenge, but with the running resources available online these days anything is possible

We need local (geographical, regional, corporate) clubs not tied to schools like they have seem to have much more of in the UK and Australia. Basically competitive rec leagues with facilities and standings and seasons, like there is sort of with adult softball and other sports. More local track nights in communities. I think it's possible. People want to get out and get back to traditional entertainment and touch grass and breathe fresh air. In America, we view sports too much through the lens of school and youth. Let school be about schooling (i.e., education), and separate out sports.

I believe that suggestion was what many of us here at LRC call SARCASM.

That sarcastic thought also makes fun of the threads like: what is more athletic football/wrestling or running?

The idea of the 150lb runner who lost his D1 roster spot trying out for D1 football or wrestling to stay on scholarship would make a great comedy film.

Much of what you said is incorrect. FCS currently has 63 scholarships and FBS has 85. All are full. FCS schools likely won't opt in. New limits for opt in is 105 and they can be partial. SEC is limiting to 85 so the others are very unlikely to increase either. Schools may even decrease scholarships because they can spread them out. A school could essentially give every player 80% without changing from their current $.

The idea of a football player or wrestler trying out D1 XC/track is just as funny.

The vast majority will move on from running. Maybe 100 total (probably much less to a competitive d1 school) will transfer somewhere else over the summer leading to an extra 100 getting cut right before fall semester starts.

I looked up this on tffrs and its accurate- CSM runner wouldn’t have cracked the top 500- but was on the D2 Nat Champ squad. So you’re ignorant. All check out

Hopefully this sparks a revolution in road racing.

Probably not, though. Hard to run when staring at TikTok.