Idaho

[Obzerver]

Does anyone know how Idaho is handling the reduction of scholarships and the number of players they are allowed to carry and number of coach reductions. Will they be playoff eligible?

 

[ewusigep252]

Here’s part of an article from the Spokesman that deals with Idaho’s transition to the FCS:

Next season, in its last year at the FBS level, Idaho can award 85 full scholarships. The next fall, to be eligible for the FCS playoffs, it must be at 63 scholarships.

But the Vandals can spread those 63 scholarships across 85 players “because now you’re going from a headcount sport to an equivalency sport,” Spear says.

This is a nuance that both Spear and Staben raised when asked about managing the FBS-to-FCS transition. It also factors into the need to recruit players with good academic records.

“You could get somebody who has half academic aid, half scholarship money and now they have a full scholarship,” Spear notes.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/14/idahos-move-to-fcs-has-big-funding-implications/

 

[JoinTheEAF]

http://www.spokesman.com/sports/

Wow, the Spokesman covers EWU and the Big Sky so well, they must have a great sports editor. Seriously the coverage is excellent, keeps me paying my daily subscription bill.