Posted by stewdog on 3/28/2017 8:53:00 AM (view original):
I love all the ee "debates" on this board, particularly the ones who add, "I mostly play D2/3, but it's really not an issue. They add a lot o the conversation.
I have a proposal for this crowd that could be a good solution to the ee issue altogether.
Why dont we keep the ee issue as is...
Let's have the top 60 players from D2 transfer, using the NCAA grad transfer rule to schools where they think they'd get more exposure. Better yet, let's have a random 60 out of the top 100 D2 players transfer before the second recruiting season.
Then let's do the same thing at D3... a random 60 out of the top 100 D3 players transfer before the second recruiting season.
That will also teach D2&D3 people the lessons all the D1 guys have to learn...
1) try not to make your team too good or hog too much talent, that's just being greedy and entitled!
2) deal with it, you should plan ahead for losing players. It's not that hard to recruit in the second season!
3) don't whine.
thoughts?
How does it improve gameplay? You haven't tried to make a compelling case yet, but that doesn't mean it can't be done.
EEs affect the top of the food chain, so to speak. It essentially adds volatility to the full value of elite commodities as a counter measure. Teams at the top of the food chain, the "apex predators" of HD, suffer no other mechanism to check perpetuity. It's good for competitive gameplay at that level, whereas introducing similar concepts to lower levels may not be, because the top teams in D2 and 3 already have that potential penalty for reaching too high, in that an apex predator can come along during the recruiting process. I'm not sure it wouldn't work at D2/3, I am just not seeing a compelling case yet.
On the realism front, I think the better option is simply increasing the likelihood that those players who legitimately have solid D1 expectations decline to sign with lower teams, and choose a juco route. I am not buying the idea that a significant number of top D2/3 players transfer up every year "for exposure". Almost none of that caliber of player has any real hopes of playing in the NBA. I mean what else, are the girls better looking on D1 campuses? You're much more likely to see players get frustrated with a lack of PT on top teams, and transfer down (to mid-majors or lower tier Big 6 schools, if not D2/3) to get it.
TLDR - I can get behind increasing the number of D1 projected players choosing juco instead of dropping. Transferring up, you need to make a better case to get me on board.