SEC approves rule to limit signees to 28 per year

DonShula84 · Jun 3, 2009

On the final day of the Southeastern Conference meeting Friday, league presidents unanimously approved a rule limiting conference football teams to signing just 28 players annually.

NCAA rules allow teams just 25 scholarships per year, but SEC schools generally over sign players, anticipating a portion of the ones they sign won't academically qualify. The new SEC rule takes effect immediately.
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Earlier this week, Nutt explained why he over signed so many players.

"I wanted to really make sure we had a good relationship with the state of Mississippi high schools," Nutt said. "We knew that seven to eight of those guys wouldn't qualify. We were able to help some Mississippi junior colleges."

Slive said over the last three years, more than half of SEC schools have over signed players in the 26 to 29 range. The league will have the new rule even if the NCAA doesn't adopt it nationally.
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Guess it's a good rule. The idea of recruiting kids you know wont be able to attend your school so you can get more exposure with certain high schools seems a bit shady. But hey, I was just surprised to hear a football player can be academically ineligible to attend an SEC school :up::shifty:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/11800329

Skeet84 · Jun 3, 2009

This is about a week old Don where have you been?

DonShula84 · Jun 3, 2009

Skeet84 said:

This is about a week old Don where have you been?
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I dont know.

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