Dabo Swinney doubles down on ‘unintended consequences’ of NCAA’s new 105 roster limit for football

On Wednesday it was announced that the NCAA would be increasing the scholarships across several sports and in hand enacting roster limits. Specifically increasing the number of scholarships for each football program from 85 scholarships to 125 with a roster limit of 125 players per roster.

The increase in roster limits and scholarships impacts every sport differently, specifically football where the new format effectively gets rid of walk-on student-athletes. Who are crucial to football rosters as scout team players who play a key role at practice in preparing starting players for Saturdays.

At ACC Media Days on Thursday, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was asked about the recent roster limit and scholarship changes. Opening up on what challenges will come as a result of news that may seem positive on paper.

“The crazy thing is there’s not many coaches that want 105 scholarships. We want to keep our walk-ons,” Swinney said. “It’s hard to manage that many guys and when you have that many guys on scholarship, you think you got transfers now, you wait till that number gets there. It’s gonna be a lot, so it’s gonna change a lot of things.”

“Now that’s great for baseball, that’s great for soccer and some of the sports that take 11 scholarships to spread it out amounts thirty-something guys. They all have to be on scholarship. But for football, the unintended consequences, it basically eliminates walk-ons. And there’s no coach that wants that.”

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