[NU Sports] Recruiting

[Tom Maycock]

> But they still cannot sign more than 85 kids to football  scholarships.
> 


You can't *have* more than 85, but you can *sign* way more than can fit under 
your 85 limit, at least you can in the SEC. That's the problem. 

Some of the SEC schools are apparently signing WAY more kids then they have room 
for each year. Then, they bump existing kids, abuse medical redshirt rules, and 
anything else they need to do, to get down to the 85 limit. 

Pretty unsavory stuff, and a huge advantage over Big 10 teams that are (as I 
understand) restricted by the conference on the number of players they can sign 
to a number directly related to the number of open slots. 

Tom