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[QUOTE="ColdAnger, post: 5125134, member: 9402"]
Roster limits prevent stockpiling but also create developmental challenges as higher level backups spend more time running scout team versus your own schemes. Injury management also becomes more important.

The transfer portal becomes even more important. Some top recruits don’t pan out. Some get injured. Some fall through the recruiting cracks and blossom at a second or third tier program. Some will want to test themselves at the highest level programs. Some will be opportunistic and seek to level up academically/reputationally.

I believe there will be an inevitable competitive race to full funding of 48 scholarships in the ACC for Men’s Lacrosse.  Beyond that, the athletic departments can pay athletes and this is where the program-to-program, player-to-player variability will get interesting.

What is the value of men’s lacrosse at Syracuse relative to the other non-revenue programs AND how does that relative value compare to other top tier programs. I think athletic departments will be asking themselves “What investment do I need to make in Sport X to be win titles/be relevant/be competitive/maintain a program?” And then allocate based upon a return model.

I think Syracuse Men’s lacrosse fairs very well in this analysis as a “Top 4” program at the university.  A lot more competition for relevance at UVA, Duke, UNC, ND, Penn St, Ohio St, and Michigan. While maybe similarly valued at MD and less valued than at Hop.
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