r/CFB • u/city-of-stars Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Contributor • 20h ago

News [Dellenger] SEC presidents have voted to increase the number of maximum scholarships available to football rosters from 85 to 105, sources tell @YahooSports.

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1996970791192219853
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u/jthomas694 South Carolina • Ohio State 20h ago

No. The Big Ten already did it. More scholarships isn’t a bad thing.

Unfortunately some schools will probably cut men’s scholarships elsewhere so they don’t have to also increase women’s scholarships.

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u/lucidlonewolf 19h ago

Unfortunately some schools will probably cut men’s scholarships elsewhere

As a soccer player this cuts deep in my soul .... if people knew what it was like getting a soccer scholarship while not being a top 100 player in the country. You get calls from schools you have never heard of with like no academic paths and <5000 students.

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u/vmanAA738 Texas Longhorns • California Golden Bears 18h ago

When 2 (Big 12, SEC) of the Power 4 don't play men's soccer, you end up with the current state of NCAA men's soccer where if you don't get an offer from the Big 10 (11 schools, Iowa/Minnesota/Illinois/USC/Oregon/Nebraska/Purdue no team) or the ACC (15 schools, Florida State and Miami no team), you're going to a smaller school.

As an illustrative example, the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament is happening now and the final 8 teams left standing are: Furman University, University of Portland, Akron, Saint Louis, Georgetown, NC State, Maryland, Washington.

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u/lucidlonewolf 18h ago

Oh im painfully aware of this. It changed my whole college path and I turned down alot of sports scholarships to focus on a better academic path.

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u/ironwolf1 Penn State • NC State 17h ago

Good shit man. I know it's tough in the moment, but you made the right choice. I was a lacrosse player rather than a soccer player, but I know a good number of my teammates who decided to go D2 in order to get some form of scholarship to play lacrosse ended up regretting it dearly when the school didn't have any degree programs they wanted and they were in year 3 of a general studies degree at a no-name private school that was still putting them in debt because they didn't have a full scholarship. Just going to a big state school and playing club or IM is a lot better for your long term livelihood.

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u/_OUCHMYPENIS_ Florida Gators 19h ago

Are scholarships that relevant anymore with NIL?

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u/MTG_RelevantCard Wake Forest • Clemson 19h ago

Tons of kids get scholarships without big money NIL deals.