Isenberg on aid to runoffs

A couple of tweets from Marc Isenberg:

"I understand why coaches run off players. Their business is to win, not keep up the charade that players are students, not employees."

and

"Coaches deny athletes get run off. But NCAA has rules to help those who get run off. Funny biz!"

The NCAA’s Little Known Run Off Waiver

It begins with:

Now that football’s initial signing day is over, the annual rhythm of the college football season turns to sorting out the rosters for 2014 that coaches have lined up. For some programs, that will be more difficult than others. Roll Bama Roll predicted that Alabama would be over by 10 scholarships. Tennessee wrapped up a class of 34 commits including early enrollees. Whether either school is “oversigned” or whether the practice is acceptable or not is beyond the scope of this post. This is about what happens to the players who get the short end of the numbers stick and a little known bit of help the NCAA gives them...