Over 6 openings and APs Topic

Not sure if it's a system issue or my lack of understanding about new recruiting. My Mich St Crum team started with 7 openings, so I received 140 attention points, the max because I had more than the 6 per class, so I only got 20 base APs + 6 freshman openings * 20 per opening = 140 APs.

Once I signed 3 players and was left with 4 openings, I only have 89 APs left. Shouldn't that be 100? I understand the math (the system assumes I had about 18 APs per total openings plus the 20 base). However, if I receive zero APs for my 7th openings, shouldn't I lose zero APs when I sign my first player? That would leave me with 6 openings, 140 APs, on a level footing with other coaches who started with six openings. The way it calculates now, I am penalized throughout the entire for an extra opening caused by a previous coach's walk-on and prior season recruiting failures.

I would propose that if you have more than 6 openings and receive no APs for those openings above 6, you should lose no APs for signings until you reach 6 total openings, then lose the same 20 APs per signings that other programs lose.
1/31/2017 1:24 PM
Nope, AP's are for 6 players max( 140) and there is a formula for the percentage you lose on that seventh recruit! I put in a CS ticket during 3.0 season one (nine player class D1 Big Ten team). Not very fair being that you are an elite team, trying to recruit elite players, and you never can compete on AP's past player two or three. I have never had a player drafted, but the EE process and large class recruiting are two areas that I disagree with the way they play out!
1/31/2017 1:48 PM
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1/31/2017 3:47 PM
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