at the D2 and especially D3 levels. At the lower levels, it is called filling the dorms and they take as many as they can to get to money for tuition plus room and board. I know a kicker from a local HS that went to a D3 school a few years ago in Virginia. First day of practice he finds out he is one of 7 PK’s on the roster and there were over 150 players on the practice field. A D2 baseball program recently brought in over 70 players and held tryouts in August to see who would be on the roster for fall practices after Labor Day. The tryout candidates already paid their money for school, but did not find out about the tryouts until they had arrived on campus. There is a lot of attrition when schools do this at the D2/D3 and I think it is highly unethical. Look at the link below of VT’s baseball recruiting class in 2022. Several of them have never appeared on the spring roster or played in a game for the Hokies. Also, I’m not talking about the guys who were drafted. Some of them didn’t make the spring roster and were cut loose from the program by the coaching staff after the fall semester.