(09-07-2017 11:37 AM)H.U.S.T.L.E. Wrote:  Maybe I'm overreacting to how the movement will change things at the FBS level, but I think it's undeniable that it will have a negative effect on the elite FCS schools who often draw FBS players looking for a change of scenery.

The benefit of the current system is that a FBS player can transfer to a FCS school without having to sit a year. A school like JMU has a number of starters on both sides of the ball who transferred out from P5 programs like GT, Duke, Maryland & Rutgers and those are guys that didn't want to miss a year playing football.

With the rule change, a lot of those types of players might instead end up at a G5 program. While the rule might work out for FBS programs, I think it's undercutting strong programs at the FCS level who are already struggling to compete at a resource level.

I'm sorry, but if a particular coaching staff's success is predicated on mining FBS transfers then I really have no sympathy for them. They should be doing a better job evaluating on the recruiting trail.