Curious to here opinions from our resident local experts what the impact of these new rules will be (beyond the obvious please).
1) Players must be academically certified for the fall term in order to play the next spring.
2) Players must now have a year in residence if they transfer from one school to another. The one-time transfer rule is now gone.
3) Teams will continue to offer a maximum of 11.7 scholarships per roster, but each player will now receive a minimum of the equivalent of 33% of a grant-in- aid. The maximum number of players who can be on scholarship will be 27.
4) Playing schedules for teams that fall below an APR score of 900 will be reduced by 10%. Teams currently can play 56 games, which would thus be reduced to 50. The current penalty is a 10% reduction in baseball scholarships. That stays in place as well.
5) Text messages are banned as of August 1, 2007.
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