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[QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3053762, member: 3609"]
The present level of 85 scholarships is a reduction from what it was during the days of Ben Scwartzwalder at SU, Bear Bryant at Bama and Darrel Royal at Texas.  Back then, it was over 100.  When the 85 limit came in the coaches universally screamed that football would die at that level.  I guess they were wrong.  Membership in D-1A requires that each player be given a whole scholarship, if they're given any money, so the 85 scholarships go to 85 players.  In D-1AA and D-2, the players can be given partial scholarships.  There is a limit on the number of total scholarships that each school can give (X) and how many players can get them (Y), and Y>X.  Could D-1A football survive survive in its present state on 75 or 80 whole scholarships?  That's still more than the 60-something that D-1AA can give out.  Could it survive on 75 scholarships that can be spread over up to 90 players (which would mean a bunch of walk-ons would now get some money)?
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