NCAA Potentially Increasing # of Softball Scholarships for D1 Schools to 25 (up from 12)

[Rolling Hard]

It sound like great news for girls hoping to play college ball. Will most mi majors be able to fund 24 full rides? This is going to get very interesting quickly. Say you are the AD in the Big West Conference and your rivals announce they are going to fund 24 full rides. Will you have to find the money to fund 24 full rides in order to compete? Will the rich get richer? Were their players that were offered 30% scholarships at a big time school but chose to go to a different school because the offer was better? Now what happens? Portal activity go crazy? And from clarity prophecy become true, "There are going to be a significant number of decommitments, and the talent is going to push up the chain. There is going to be a lot of movement."

 

[Rolling Hard]

Here’s the full list of new roster limits:

Sport	Sex	Old limit	New limit	Increase
Tumbling	Women	14	55	41
Baseball	Men	11.7	34	22.3
Basketball	Men	13	15	2
Basketball	Women	15	15	0
Beach volleyball	Women	6	19	13
Bowling	Women	5	11	6
Cross country	Men	5	17	12
Cross country	Women	6	17	11
Equestrian	Women	15	50	35
Fencing	Men	4.5	24	19.5
Fencing	Women	5	24	19
Field hockey	Women	12	27	15
Football	Men	85	105	20
Golf	Men	4.5	9	4.5
Golf	Women	6	9	3
Gym	Men	6.3	20	13.7
Gym	Women	12	20	8
Ice hockey	Men	18	26	8
Ice hockey	Women	18	26	8
Track	Men	12.6	45	35.4
Track	Women	18	45	27
Lacrosse	Men	12.6	48	35.4
Lacrosse	Women	12	38	26
Rifle	Both	3.6	12	8.4
Rowing	Women	20	68	48
Skiing	Men	6.3	16	9.7
Skiing	Women	7	16	9
Soccer	Men	9.9	28	18.1
Soccer	Women	14	28	14
Softball	Women	12	25	13
Stunt	Both	14	65	51
Swim	Men	9.9	30	20.1
Swim	Women	14	30	16
Tennis	Men	4.5	10	5.5
Tennis	Women	8	10	2
Triathlon	Women	6.5	14	7.5
Volleyball	Men	4.5	18	13.5
Volleyball	Women	12	18	6
Water polo	Men	4.5	24	19.5
Water polo	Women	8	24	16
Wrestling	Men	9.9	30	20.1
Wrestling	Women	10	30	20

 

[Chilixa]

Someone mentioned that with the new increase in scholarships there will also be a cap on roster sizes. Even without being fully funded many of the big schools have rosters larger than the new limits being put out there. It will basically eliminate the option to walk on and prove yourself at a bigger school. So definitely some draw backs to this as well.


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[Chilixa]

Ohhh is there information to those possible new guidelines?
Would it make too much sense to make that roster cap equal the amount of full ride scholarships?!

Roster cap could definitely be a chopping block.

Power conference commissioners plan to set roster limits for House settlement: Sources

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Not sure how many a typical softball team has on the actual roster. But I know baseball generally has more players involved on a roster than the new limits will allow. This may end up pushing more talent to smaller schools if a kid wants to be a part of a team. I always like a good walk on story and this may sadly be the end of this.


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[LEsoftballdad]

Someone mentioned that with the new increase in scholarships there will also be a cap on roster sizes. Even without being fully funded many of the big schools have rosters larger than the new limits being put out there. It will basically eliminate the option to walk on and prove yourself at a bigger school. So definitely some draw backs to this as well.


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How many softball teams carry more than 25 players?

 

[hipnix]

The roster cap is the cap. School don’t have to fund all 25 and they can still offer partials and have walk ons but the roster can’t exceed 25. That being said, if school increase their baseball and football full ride scholarships they will need to increase the scholarships in women’s sports also.

 

[Chilixa]

How many softball teams carry more than 25 players?

I have no idea. Just looked up a few on their websites. Out of 3 teams all of them had more than 20 listed and one of them had 26 listed on the website. Not sure if they also have some girls they allow to practice that aren’t listed on the website or not.


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[sluggers]

College athletics has become European. In Europe, schools don't have athletic teams. Most cities have professional or semi-professional teams. The teams switch divisions based upon their records.

College sports has become too mercenary for me. D3 is going to be decimated.

At one time, athletes were students who played for the greater glory of the school. Now they are professional athletes. What's the point of having classes for basketball and football players? They're just passing through.

 

[sluggers]

Here’s the full list of new roster limits:

Thanks for posting!

 

[RADcatchers]

The teams switch divisions based upon their records.

Which makes more sense than a College having ALL of their Sports assigned to One Division when clearly ALL their sports cant compete in it.