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Can someone please explain the 5/8 Rule, whats the latest news on it and what it means to UNI's current scholarship situation?
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"We're not an ordinary school," said Fort. "We have tradition. We have a good team year after year. We rebuild, and it doesn't matter who we have coming back."
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The 5/8 rule is a rule in which a school can only sign 5 guys per year, and 8 guys over a two year period.
It was implemented when the "major" schools were losing 7-8 players a year to transfers, NBA, and flunk outs.....and then reloading with 7 to 8 more players to fill their holes. The following year, the same thing would happen, and then they would reload again. This hurt everybody but the programs that could get top talent. The big problem the NCAA saw with this was that graduation rates were horrible at those top schools.
The 5/8 rule was put into place to keep kids in programs and graduating, instead of being run off by coaches to bring in better talent. This helped the mid major programs b/c they could get kids that they may not have been able to get previously. A kid might be recruited by Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI. Iowa and ISU might be really interested in the kid, but not have a scholarship b/c of too many transfers/runoffs, but UNI might b/c they have balanced their scholarships wisely. Therefore, UNI might be able to grab the kid that was "major" level, but bring him to the "mid major" program. Obviously, nowadays, UNI can recruit with those big dawgs more than ever, but there is still that lure of going to that "major" program. This was just an example to explain the point I was making.
This has hurt UNI in recent years, b/c they have had too many kids transfer or graduate, and have not been able to fill all the scholys. UNI has not had the full 13 scholarships in probably 4 years or so b/c of the 5/8 rule. Going into the spring, UNI would have given out 12 scholys, with no scholarships to give, b/c they signed 5 last year and 3 this year. Now, UNI will still have one more scholarship to offer for next fall, if they choose to do so. However, I see them holding onto it. The only exception I see is if a kid transfers to UNI from a "major" program. Otherwise, UNI will have 3 to give next year for Foster and Godfread's class.
Does that help a little?The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory. -
That's a pretty good summary of it. I think it has really helped not only mid-majors, but it really levels the field for all the schools to compete against the powerhouse schools.Originally posted by Panthers to the BoneComment
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5/8 rule thrown out
What does this mean for UNI BB??Comment
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I think this explained what you are looking for. If not, let me know, and be a little more specific if you would.
This has hurt UNI in recent years, b/c they have had too many kids transfer or graduate, and have not been able to fill all the scholys. UNI has not had the full 13 scholarships in probably 4 years or so b/c of the 5/8 rule. Going into the spring, UNI would have given out 12 scholys, with no scholarships to give, b/c they signed 5 last year and 3 this year. Now, UNI will still have one more scholarship to offer for next fall, if they choose to do so. However, I see them holding onto it. The only exception I see is if a kid transfers to UNI from a "major" program. Otherwise, UNI will have 3 to give next year for Foster and Godfread's class.The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.Comment
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So basically, we now have one more scholly to give, but it would have to be someone that can make a huge impact immediately. Otherwise, we'll have 3 next year? Do you think giving out 5 last year will come back and hurt us?Comment
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