Seeing these kind of transfer numbers for D1s is really sobering and makes you wonder why do they even bother with 35 players on the roster? What would be the transfer rate of players who had athletic scholarships versus players who had no athletic money but had academic money? Those kids are the typical "recruited walk on" players who may not see any action at all. But are they happy to just be at the school earning their degree? Many of them may be realistic and know they are not going to see any action.
Wouldn't it be better to say no D1 can have a roster of more than 30 comprised of 27 potential scholarships and 3 walk ons? Or to the one poster who said a coach told him we have 20 players on athletic money because we only play 20, that school probably has a higher retention of scholarship players given more money committed to fewer players. But then what is the churn rate for the 15 walk-ons?