Grambling football coach proposes buyout for transfers

[18IsTheMan]

I read something similar proposed the other day. It makes sense from their perspective. With the structure of NIL and the portal, non P5 and FCS schools simply serve as minor leakages for the P5 (or P4 or whatever it is now) programs. it has to be a frustrating as a head coach that you find, recruit and train a player, investing lots of time and money in that player, for them to just leave you empty handed and having to start all over again.

I doubt this will move forward but I hope the FCS coaches band together and raise heck about it. The P5 programs don’t give a rip about the non-P5 programs. They have no leverage and no power. With possible one exception: FCS schools could refuse to schedule any P5 opponents unless something is done with the portal. Would the P5 schools want to keep that freebie win badly enough? It would be a financial hit for the FCS schools to lose that pay day, but the alternative is having your roster picked clean every season by the FBS schools.

 

[adcoop]

Would the P5 schools want to keep that freebie win badly enough?

No. They would just play a lower level D1 like Charlotte or Louisiana-Monroe instead.

 

[Piscis]

Those who argue in favor of scheduling Furman, Wofford, etc. always say those programs rely on the payday from being the sacrificial lamb for the P4 programs. Without those games, some say the FCS schools couldn't afford to field a team. I have never bought into that argument at all. The money from the P4 game may enable the FCS program to have a little bit nicer uniforms or bus but I don't think it is the difference in fielding a team or not. If going to a P4 program's home field and getting shellacked is required to field a team, the FCS school should drop football as a sport.

I have said for years that the P4(5 whatever) programs should not be allowed to play an FCS opponent. If a coach can't get 6 wins and a bowl invite playing against P4 and G5 teams, he doesn't need to be propped up with two FCS cupcakes on the schedule. The players are now paid professional football players. Letting them pad their stats against FCS teams is borderline fraudulent in my opinion. This is the equivalent of letting NFL teams schedule a couple college teams each season.

 

[gamecox4982]

That’s no different than you hiring a kid right out of college and in his first year he sales more than anyone on your staff. You have two option, pay him what he would make at a large company or let him go to the larger company.

 

[18IsTheMan]

No. They would just play a lower level D1 like Charlotte or Louisiana-Monroe instead.

Possibly. The P5 programs could be doing that now, but they don’t for a reason.

As I noted in my OP, the FCS programs don’t have much leverage, but that’s the only thing they can do, though it’s not likely to work.

There should be some kind control on transferring up between divisions. It’s common sense.

 

[atl-cock]

Those who argue in favor of scheduling Furman, Wofford, etc. always say those programs rely on the payday from being the sacrificial lamb for the P4 programs. Without those games, some say the FCS schools couldn't afford to field a team. I have never bought into that argument at all. The money from the P4 game may enable the FCS program to have a little bit nicer uniforms or bus but I don't think it is the difference in fielding a team or not. If going to a P4 program's home field and getting shellacked is required to field a team, the FCS school should drop football as a sport.

I have said for years that the P4(5 whatever) programs should not be allowed to play an FCS opponent. If a coach can't get 6 wins and a bowl invite playing against P4 and G5 teams, he doesn't need to be propped up with two FCS cupcakes on the schedule. The players are now paid professional football players. Letting them pad their stats against FCS teams is borderline fraudulent in my opinion. This is the equivalent of letting NFL teams schedule a couple college teams each season.

Scheduling FCS seems akin to in high school, scheduling an opponent in a classification below yours. You may get a win, but it may not help your playoff chances (for out-of-state opponents, determine the enrollment, and "pretend" they are in-state at whatever their enrollment would put them).