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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 4272120, member: 199"] It isn't just that the school didn't offer an extra year. Most schools have limited graduate programs, and a lot of students are encouraged to choose a different school even if their school has the grad program they are looking for - working with the same professors in grad school you just had as an undergrad doesn't broaden your exposure. On the issue with HS recruits ... If you assume 4000 D1scholarships, that works out as 1000 for freshman. But now with a fifth year available, maybe 500 college students are using half of those. Last year, the NCAA removed the 15 scholarship limit and a certain number of schools had rosters beyond 15, but that is not true this year or in future years. There is some slack in that not many schools carry 15 scholarships most years, but a lot of coaches also don't really want 15 scholarship players. And I think most players would prefer to be on a smaller team - more individual focus on them when a coach isn't split 15 ways. And for recruits ... used to be you worried about the three classes recruited after you, but you at least had maturity and seniority and should a transfer appear, it was both rare, and they usually has to sit on the bench for a year. Now each year, you have the added worry about transfers immediately derailing your position in the team. [/QUOTE]