I would greatly appreciate people passing along their current/recent experiences or knowledge as to where we stand with NCAA recruiting rules for baseball. In particular, the following questions are on my mind:
1. Are we done with COVID exceptions to the roster limit (normally 35), the aggregate scholarship limit (normally 11.7 equivalencies) and the number of players who may receive aid (normally 27)? If not, when are those slated to revert to pre-2020? Or will they stick?
2. Is the ability to transfer without sitting out a year going to be here to stay, or will we revert to the pre-COVID applicability of the one-year sit-out requirement?
3. Are all Power 5 conference programs still required to include 4/5-year guarantees in their NLI's to recruits?
4. What are people experiencing with respect to programs being willing, or unwilling, to extend the 4/5-year guarantees?
5. Are baseball players able to cash in to any extent on the new world order of name, image and likeness? I've heard a few rumors of unique situations, but is it likely to become prevalent? If so, this would really help close financial gaps for players who typically get 25-60%, perhaps even for "walk-ons," and especially for high cost private university players.
Thanks in advance for any factual information people can provide. (I would ask that people refrain from posting messages that don't, so that we can focus on actual, fact-based information.)
