In the league (SCBL) my son (D3) is going to, here is the rundown based on last year's rosters...courtesy of my crack research team:
D1...56 players. Ranges from 3 to 14.
D2...41 players. Spread out pretty evenly among the teams. High of 10 on one team.
JC...30 players. Range of 9 to zero.
D3...16. No more than 3 on any roster.
NAIA...15 players. High of 7 (NAIA area and plays at NAIA school with the coach from an NAIA program).
From looking at other rosters, it appears the CPL starts leaning more to D1...with D2 and D3 dispersed on teams, but not as concentrated as the SCBL.
Next one I looked at was the Valley League...with a much higher percent of D1. Hokieone can comment on that league, though.
Now...what I have heard from one D3 coach, is that it is getting harder to place some of the D3 guys...that the teams would rather have a D1 redshirt or sub who rarely played, as opposed to a D3 guy that starts. That, I am sure, is just one impression of the situation. Of course, another way to look at it is...
..."How hard do the D3 coaches work to place their better players, worried about them getting snagged up by larger programs?
(now back to you regularly scheduled thread for the 08 placements)