NCAA and Power conferences appear to be capitulating to Judge Claudia Wilkins’ request/demand to address roster limits to grandfather existing players and possibly players who had been offered by a school.
They face a deadline of Wednesday, May 6 to present a plan.
Yahoo Sports senior college sports writer Ross Dellenger penned the following nut graphs:
"By the dozens, individual schools have trimmed their sports rosters as they prepare to meet new roster limits imposed as part of the House settlement agreement. Hundreds of Division I athletes — many of them in football, swimming, track, men’s volleyball and cross country — have either voluntarily left their team or been removed from their team during this roster purge.
"Now, if a plan under discussion is finalized, many of these roster spots could be restored in a grandfathering-in effort that protects the roster spots of those athletes currently on a team, those who have already been cut this year and, perhaps, even some of those high school recruits who committed to a roster position only to see it eliminated.
"During meetings this week among NCAA and power conference executives and attorneys, a proposal to phase-in the new roster limits has emerged, multiple sources tell Yahoo Sports. However, no plan has been finalized as leaders work to find the solution to a judge’s order last week to protect athletes on existing rosters and assure the approval of the settlement — an agreement expected to usher in revenue sharing with athletes.
?Such a move — the grandfathering-in of roster positions — comes with a bevy of questions, concerns and uncertainties."
New roster settlement proposal
They face a deadline of Wednesday, May 6 to present a plan.
Yahoo Sports senior college sports writer Ross Dellenger penned the following nut graphs:
"By the dozens, individual schools have trimmed their sports rosters as they prepare to meet new roster limits imposed as part of the House settlement agreement. Hundreds of Division I athletes — many of them in football, swimming, track, men’s volleyball and cross country — have either voluntarily left their team or been removed from their team during this roster purge.
"Now, if a plan under discussion is finalized, many of these roster spots could be restored in a grandfathering-in effort that protects the roster spots of those athletes currently on a team, those who have already been cut this year and, perhaps, even some of those high school recruits who committed to a roster position only to see it eliminated.
"During meetings this week among NCAA and power conference executives and attorneys, a proposal to phase-in the new roster limits has emerged, multiple sources tell Yahoo Sports. However, no plan has been finalized as leaders work to find the solution to a judge’s order last week to protect athletes on existing rosters and assure the approval of the settlement — an agreement expected to usher in revenue sharing with athletes.
?Such a move — the grandfathering-in of roster positions — comes with a bevy of questions, concerns and uncertainties."
New roster settlement proposal
