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Message: [QUOTE="upperdeck, post: 3204114, member: 474"] the issue with the schools that merge is that they get a huge advantage even if the school sizes are the same.. every school has its 1-2-3 kids that are pretty good athletes even at the D size and they likely have 1-2 big kids. Some D schools that are by themselves have those few kids but a school like Clymer ends up with 6-7 of those kids and 6-7 big kids. There is a reason some of these combined schools are pretty good.. the other advantage is the many D schools the best kids dont play football because they know they will get beat up on a bad team. if you are a combined school those kids will most of the time get a handful of good kids to play with so they stick with the sport.. so both schools have 25 man rosters but a school like Clymer has 10-15 kids who are football players and other D schools end up with 3-5 and the rest are just out there. [/QUOTE]