Can;968611 wrote:

I think this is going to affect the bottom half conference teams much more than the top half.  At any given time, the best teams tend to have an advantage recruiting the best players.  However, the bottom teams in a given conference can be at a disadvantage to teams at the top of lesser conferences.  For exmple, in IL NIU was almost certainly getting some recruits ahead of IL simply because their team was at the top of the conference, and IL was near the bottom.  Now, if all these rules go through, you go to IL you parents get their expenses paid to watch games, you get a stipend for cost of living.  If you choose NIU you are really leaving a lot of money on the table, unless you live right on NIU's doorstep. We will see a big upgrade in big five bottom tier recruiting/compentition.  THis single thing will also make games in these conferences much more competitive.  Frankly, all they are really doing is the same thing they did when they split football into IA and IAA.  A bunch of teams/conferences tried to move up to IA that simply were not able to compete effectively.  However, some teams at the bottom of big 5 conferences (can you say Mississippi) should become much more competitive than teams that were once equally talented.  I have to wonder if we will see  more coaches move up the ranks of schools within the big five or if hiring new coaches will continue as it has for decades.

 

Can;968857 wrote:

But there are still a lot of 3 stars who end up at Mac schools or what have you because they will start.  I mean look at the first round draft pick by the Chiefs last year, he was a lineman from a Mac School.    One thing I had not thought about until just now, of those Mac school players who might not otherwise transfer prior to Jr year, may do so now if they have made big progress.    Here are some examples of players at non-power conferences in the 2015 recruiting class whom have committed to non-power conference schools   4 star Brett Rypien QB (offers from AZST, COST, IL, ID, MS ST, OR ST, WA, WA St.   3 star Rashard Causey (offers from Purdue, ARK, Cincy, Clemson, IN, MI, MS St, NE, Notre Dame, Penn St, Pitt, Rutgers, TN, UCLA, WI (and others)   3 star Tarrcik Thomas (offers from MS ST, GA Tech, Cincy)   3 star Ray Rudolf (#5 JC Def Tackle in Texas)

I have no opinion on how all this affect the landscape of Division 1 but I can assure this will make things bigger for the haves and change the face of the situation for the have nots.......and a whole lot of kids will be outside the educational system without scholarships than before. while the kids who are stars are going to laughin all the way to the bank. The net effect on education of all who are relying on a scholly to get them to school whether they are white , black, green, purple, olympic sport, money sport is that many more will be on the outside looking in and there will be a greater % with educational debts. 

I will go one further.....i predict that the stars who benefit the most from this will also be the ones who squander the opportunities handed to htem on a silver platter and the parents/handlers who will be beneficiaries of this will be the most abusive and demanding folks you will have ever met. There are a lot more "my baby's the best thing since michael jordan" than there are Clark Kelloggs in AAU gyms across this country.