I know we fear losing our loved/productive player every year. This will exasperated it. Everyone is a rental. Will be a new team every year. Will take the fun out of watching players develop- D1 schools will not be able to develop players- with the exception being the 1% talent
Eventually schools/players will find someway to navigate this, but why sign players at NSD? Maybe for the ultra elite programs signing the ultra elite players, but then why would a player sign? They will hold out for the best deal. At some point someone has to put their chips in.
I know this is a bit of a rambling, but it hit home. We were contacted earlier in the week and told baseball will not be signing any freshman this fall. I totally get it. With contracts and roster limits no one knows how to proceed.
and as long as I’m rambling - all this school versus athlete rhetoric has me feeling like what about the fans? Would CFB exist without fan support? Would any revenue generating sport exist without fans?