I have posted here several times my concern that people's assumptions on the number of available scholarships, transfers, and academic causalities weren’t based on any substantive Information.
As usual the following comment by MV is the only thing I have seen that has some basis to it:
“As a note, I use the roster presented in the Game Notes available in the weekly football release which is different than the roster listed on the website (weekly release is the most updated). Second, I have to use bits and pieces of information related to scholarships for walk-on players (like Kyle Henderson) since that type of information is considering confidential student information -- basically, if the coach or player comes out and says they were rewarded with a scholarship. Scholarships are on a 1-year basis that are renewed each season based upon the agreement signed between the institution and the player: for most "scholarship" athletes as we refer to them, their scholarships are renewed without the public even knowing about (folks often assume incorrectly that scholarships are four years). For walk-ons awarded scholarships, the agreement may be different. It may be only for one season or it may be for the remaining years of eligibility.”
“Yes, we have 64 scholarships total that I've aware of, so a committment class of 23 puts us 3 over the limit of 85. However, Kill has stated consistently that they would sign 25 or 26 players and there are more than a few rumblings that a number of players won't be back in 2012. So, I won't sweat the details -- things will work out before then. Same thing with the walk-ons and the 120 limit. There will be some changes.”
“Kill isn't going to oversign. First, you can't oversign in the Big Ten without petitioning the league office, and even then you have to explain the rationale for the oversigning and the limit is 3. Second, with only 12 scholarships on the books for the 2013 class, oversigning by even 3 this season may potentially take away from scholarships given out in that class -- better to bank some extra scholarships if they're available and use them to start balancing out the classes, something Kill has also mentioned a number of times.”
As usual the following comment by MV is the only thing I have seen that has some basis to it:
“As a note, I use the roster presented in the Game Notes available in the weekly football release which is different than the roster listed on the website (weekly release is the most updated). Second, I have to use bits and pieces of information related to scholarships for walk-on players (like Kyle Henderson) since that type of information is considering confidential student information -- basically, if the coach or player comes out and says they were rewarded with a scholarship. Scholarships are on a 1-year basis that are renewed each season based upon the agreement signed between the institution and the player: for most "scholarship" athletes as we refer to them, their scholarships are renewed without the public even knowing about (folks often assume incorrectly that scholarships are four years). For walk-ons awarded scholarships, the agreement may be different. It may be only for one season or it may be for the remaining years of eligibility.”
“Yes, we have 64 scholarships total that I've aware of, so a committment class of 23 puts us 3 over the limit of 85. However, Kill has stated consistently that they would sign 25 or 26 players and there are more than a few rumblings that a number of players won't be back in 2012. So, I won't sweat the details -- things will work out before then. Same thing with the walk-ons and the 120 limit. There will be some changes.”
“Kill isn't going to oversign. First, you can't oversign in the Big Ten without petitioning the league office, and even then you have to explain the rationale for the oversigning and the limit is 3. Second, with only 12 scholarships on the books for the 2013 class, oversigning by even 3 this season may potentially take away from scholarships given out in that class -- better to bank some extra scholarships if they're available and use them to start balancing out the classes, something Kill has also mentioned a number of times.”
