Posted by ettaexpress on 4/28/2014 9:52:00 AM (view original):
2 of the 4 recruits are juniors, since I expected to be getting a few more. So not sure how much that's going to matter.
The other way in which the board misled was in not getting money for more htan 6 roster spots. The board had pretty much always said you get money based on how many openings you had. So since I knew I had more scholarships than anyone else in D-II, I thought I had more money as well.
Like I say, I think this is pretty poor and should be regarded as unacceptable. Players should not be reliant on the board for such basic information because, obviously, people on the board can be wrong.
there is clear and precise information on the 6 scholarship limit all over, as others have pointed out. i am guessing you were reading a thread about recruiting in general, battles or something, people talk about the # of openings all the time. the 6 limit comes up all the time too, but definitely not as frequently - and its not like you have a team of lawyers posting here. its completely normal that people leave out the long list of disclaimers and caveats in casual conversation, when they are not needed in the flow of the casual discussion at hand. for this to be regarded as unacceptable would be absolutely ridiculous.
if you are going around reading threads on a certain topic and making inferences about how this applies to a different topic, that's certainly a good thing, but it also carries a risk that you will be "mislead" - the context of the comments you are reading and the context you are translating them into is not the same. its just like with seble's statements (his lies, as you call them) and the community's interpretation. when the context doesn't match, you can't simply take a statement at face value. well, you CAN, but it will often result in confusion and misunderstandings.
i appreciate it is frustrating getting burnt by the 11 person rule, but with the 6-cap information readily available, you have nobody to fault but yourself. its best to fault nobody, these things happen... its part of the learning process.