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[QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 1755840, member: 3609"]
It's also designed to keep the powers from stashing players.  Back in the Day, Bama and Texas had over 100 [I]scholarship (added in edit)[/I] players on their rosters, a goodly number of whom never even got to dress for a game let alone get in during their 4 years.  The 85-scholarship limit in D-1A fb coupled with the requirement that they're full scholarships is designed to make more players available for more schools.  You can't imagine how much they cried when the march down to the 85 limit began.  It was almost like the NCAA banned tackle fb and was going to make everyone play 2-hand touch.  Same availability of players idea is true for the full scholarship requirement for both bball teams.  D-1AA fb is allowed to spread the 65-scholarship max over 85 players.

There's a famous quote from Darrell Royal, the legendary coach from Texas, on why his roster was so large.  "I can't be sure that a player will play [I]for[/I] the University of Texas.  But, I can be sure he won't play [I]against[/I] the University of Texas."
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