re: Down to 83 Scholarship Players

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If you find a transfer you like and he wants to come here, why can't an NIL collective just pick up his tuition and room and board? He still gets a free ride, and nobody goes over the scholarship limit. It's the same money, just a different term for it.

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Whether a player is on scholarship or not, he counts toward the 85 limit the second he takes the field if he was “recruited”. This only works if the player doesn’t make an official visit and the coaches have no in-person contact with the player.