by getheroff » Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:18 pm
Just to clarify my comment. The underlying issue that I was observing appeared to be a long-term AI budgeting issue. It was not that players were declaring early. The schools were spending way too much money on coaches and had no money left for recruiting...leading to teams that were composed of almost all walk-ons. Kind of a death spiral really, as the teams would continue to perform badly and the budgets seemed to get further and further in the red. In my last 10-year old association there were between 20-25 teams that were suffering this problem.