speculating as an alternative to monies that could go other places, there are some advantages to trimming to 75 (should we ever decide to do it). And some of this depends on what comes down the pike re: distribution of revenue sharing (several issues with this), and eventual contracts for players (how long they are committed to being here). We aren't sure how the revenue distribution will impact an entire department. Do we have to distribute per sport? Does football revenue still need to be spread over some other sports? How does Title IX impact this? Just lots of unknowns still. It is easy for the House settlement to say each Power 4 school needs to share $22-$26M dollars annually, but hard to untangle so many questions as to the how's and where's. There is also some discussion to reducing rosters anyways, and we are moving towards a more pro like football environment. NFL rosters currently are 53 players, with (I believe) 16 players on a practice squad. That is 69 players (and I realize an NFL team can sign anyone from another teams practice squad). And I am not suggesting the NFL roster format. But, I think 75 is very doable. Part two of a 75 man roster, you can maximize your revenue distribution (on a higher per capita basis per man). You can get more bang for the buck. If the sport goes to contracts, the transfer out scenario changes dramatically. We now know what the roster would look like so that bet becomes hedged. I think you still will have enough roster room to add transfers if needed. The JMU's of the world are going to have a harder time handling the "bright lights appeal" of the new revenue sharing model around the Power 4 level. I also think the days of keeping a roster of 85 and being able to properly develop all of them are slowly going away. Just don't see that the patience is there anymore (from both the coaching staff and the players). It is also more cumbersome with "keeping guys engaged" in future plans. I am not saying this will happen, but think that COULD be an option for us and we could survive fine being down 10 overall scholarships. I am quite certain, however, we will be increasing scholarships to some of the other sports, and that will be part of an interesting financial scenario for us (and everyone) to navigate. We do have some "room" in our current budget to add expenses, and the new CFP payouts will give us approx. $14M per year. Will be interesting to see what we end up doing. ** Edited by VTScoop at 5/25/2024, 3:41:37 PM