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Interesting find. The article does say that, but it doesnt cite the source of the rule. I couldnt find the rule on the ncaa site. i am not saying the article is wrong, but it would be interesting to understand where that is laid out. I don’t understand, in any case, why anyone would bother cap the number of kids who can be counted back, since there isn’t any way to game the system with count backs. The 25 initial counter rule still applies, and the 85 scholarship rule still applies. For a school operating at 85, moreover, you have to graduate kids midyear to even award new scholarships (irrespective of whether they count back or forward). There is no incentive to play under 85. There is every incentive to graduate kids. Seems like a dumb rule to limit count backs or even worry about them. But there are lots of dumb rules, so that wouldn’t be a surprise.
So now that you realize your interpretation of the rule was stupid, you want to call the rule stupid. Brilliant.
You can sign 25 per year. Kids have 5 years of to play. Assuming redshirts, that is a roster of 125. You are capped at 85. You, literally, have 40 spots to handle exceptions to these assumptions.
Lots of other schools manage their rosters. It's not impossible, stop acting like it is. Stop acting like Miami is being "punished" for "graduating football players".
We are not being punished at this current time. We are recovering from the prior punishments from the NCAA and Al Golden inflicting his incompetence on us.
But all of this magical math that guys do every year to get us to a recruiting class of 30 or more needs to stop.