(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.

At the end of the day, it all falls on the student athletic to perform in class. The ones who think they are pro material will failed to get thier degree as about only 5% are less ever play a down in the NFL. Those who realize that colleges allow them 5 more years to play football, while earning a degree, before they enter the professional job market. No system can stop the stupid from making stupid decisions. The stupid will always follow the possibility of making easy big money. Such is life for those who fail to have a backup plan. They say welcome to McDonald's.