In case you did not watch last night, the SEC won another National Title. Should anyone be shocked?? NO WAY!!! They have way more talent than any other conference in the country.
For those that ask HOW this is happening?? It is pretty simple. It is a law of numbers and blatant disregard for the "STUDENT-athlete". I bold STUDENT in this situation because they do not give one cent for the STUDENT.
So, here is how this is done. One, you have conference leadership that turns there head the other way as you sign any and every kid you can to your roster. You then figure out which ones are really players and get them qualified. If he is a really bad student, you figure out some "correspondence" course that will keep him eligible if he is a big time player.
The schools also give out the wonderful "gray shirts" to certain kids. That is a way to say, "hey you will just have to go to a JC until we decide when/if we need you."
I bet some of you are saying, "well, nobody is allowed to keep more than 85 scholarships on the roster. Yep, you are correct. That is no problem for these schools. They simply figure out which kids are at the bottom of the roster and several will be taken off scholarship via medical, academics, violation of team rules or most blatant non-renewal of scholarship.
Finally, if a coach does happen to find a few holes in his roster after signing 100+ kids in a four year recruiting cycle. He simply searches out a few bodies via the JC ranks. This gives them immediate upper class talent at those positions.
So, you read alot above, but here are the numbers to show you how gross this gets. The new 2011 National Champs, Auburn has had 119 commitments 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. In 2010 alone, they had 32 commitments. In that same period, ND had 82 kids sign. Think about that!!!!! Thay is almost 2 full classes or 1/2 a roster more bodies. That is pretty simple math.
If you think, this situation is only one school. Well, try this on for size. Alabama had 111 commitments in the same period. Wonder how the Ole Ball Coach gets it done, try 111. Wonder how MSU managed to whoop up on RichRod, try 113 recruits in 4 years. Future UM coach, Les Miles looks pretty average at only 105. Finally, Urban was a saint at a mere 93.
Being a Big Ten hater, I thought I would look at how a couple of their premier programs did with recruiting over the same period. OSU had 79 and PSU had 80. So, think about what advantage a school in SEC has against those in the Big Ten or an ND when it comes to the talent pool.
In the end folks, the SEC will be the dominate conference until the NCAA decides to quit sucking up to them and makes them live the STUDENT part of student athlete. Further, they must play by the same rules everyone does. The saddest part of all this is that many if not most of these kids end up with NO education, NO job and worse off than when they started. SHAME ON THE SEC!!!
For those that ask HOW this is happening?? It is pretty simple. It is a law of numbers and blatant disregard for the "STUDENT-athlete". I bold STUDENT in this situation because they do not give one cent for the STUDENT.
So, here is how this is done. One, you have conference leadership that turns there head the other way as you sign any and every kid you can to your roster. You then figure out which ones are really players and get them qualified. If he is a really bad student, you figure out some "correspondence" course that will keep him eligible if he is a big time player.
The schools also give out the wonderful "gray shirts" to certain kids. That is a way to say, "hey you will just have to go to a JC until we decide when/if we need you."
I bet some of you are saying, "well, nobody is allowed to keep more than 85 scholarships on the roster. Yep, you are correct. That is no problem for these schools. They simply figure out which kids are at the bottom of the roster and several will be taken off scholarship via medical, academics, violation of team rules or most blatant non-renewal of scholarship.
Finally, if a coach does happen to find a few holes in his roster after signing 100+ kids in a four year recruiting cycle. He simply searches out a few bodies via the JC ranks. This gives them immediate upper class talent at those positions.
So, you read alot above, but here are the numbers to show you how gross this gets. The new 2011 National Champs, Auburn has had 119 commitments 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. In 2010 alone, they had 32 commitments. In that same period, ND had 82 kids sign. Think about that!!!!! Thay is almost 2 full classes or 1/2 a roster more bodies. That is pretty simple math.
If you think, this situation is only one school. Well, try this on for size. Alabama had 111 commitments in the same period. Wonder how the Ole Ball Coach gets it done, try 111. Wonder how MSU managed to whoop up on RichRod, try 113 recruits in 4 years. Future UM coach, Les Miles looks pretty average at only 105. Finally, Urban was a saint at a mere 93.
Being a Big Ten hater, I thought I would look at how a couple of their premier programs did with recruiting over the same period. OSU had 79 and PSU had 80. So, think about what advantage a school in SEC has against those in the Big Ten or an ND when it comes to the talent pool.
In the end folks, the SEC will be the dominate conference until the NCAA decides to quit sucking up to them and makes them live the STUDENT part of student athlete. Further, they must play by the same rules everyone does. The saddest part of all this is that many if not most of these kids end up with NO education, NO job and worse off than when they started. SHAME ON THE SEC!!!
