(01-28-2018 10:28 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  

(01-27-2018 12:43 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-26-2018 09:20 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  

(01-26-2018 01:42 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  You know, its much more fun when you have zero open scholarships for February and get to sit and watch everyone else battle for a kid.

Well, I guess we technically have one open spot, but all of our recruiting right now appears to be focused on the next pack of blueshirts for August.

The new recruiting rules are not completely clear, but I think they will make blueshirting much more difficult. As I understand them, a school can only give out 25 scholarships in a calendar year now, which means you can't put someone on scholarship in August if you've already signed your 25 in February (the December signees can count forward or backwards). Grayshirting would still work.
Again, I'm not 100% on this, but it seems the most likely interpretation based on what I've been told.

We signed everyone in December anyway, so I doubt it makes a difference. That being said, I don't anticipate that being the actual read.

Had a chance to talk to a coach about it. The rule is going to be that you may not blueshirt more players than you did the previous class. Eventually that will phase out blueshirting, but it will still be in use for a little while longer.

Anderson is convinced they won't phase it out at all. I think there's a lot of confusion with the new rules as to what coaches can and can't do. The theory is that if you eliminate blueshirts, every potential player who didn't sign in February would be essentially screwed. I'm just not sure they'll ever take that approach. It would hurt the athlete more than the school.

It feels like Half our class in most years are blueshirts, so I'm not really sure we'll ever get rid of it. Even if the NCAA Blocks it, we'll find a way around it.