Reply to "Do Ivy's cut players?"

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There is no good reason for a coach to cut a player other than that player causing a disruption on the team. Since they only get an average of 8 players per year (read 32-man roster) then it is very tough to replace players. Better to have players on the bench rather than no players.

Sure injuries happen and some players decide its not their best use of time to attend every practice when they will never (rarely) see the field. I'm sure some schools may ask for more spots from admissions to make up for lost players but this is not a simple ask. So you will see some schools taking 9 players and some taking 7. Your best shot of walking-on is in the Ivy league because they will always have open rosters spots (based on the 8 player average per year)

There are transfers but not many. A lot of these transferred in and then "walked-on"--because there are open spots on the roster.

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