Originally Posted by Anonymous
Yes, the scholarship cap returns to 12 the following year. But the # of roster spots is not capped Teams can still choose to support enlarged rosters of "5 classes:" freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and 5th year seniors. This will definitely happen next year because they have already signed HS 2020s, and it will probably happen again the following year with the already committed HS 2021s. But with the HS 2022s and HS 2023s, they could shrink the roster back down to its size by limiting their recruiting. Saving money would be the main reason for doing so. Although the U MD HC indicated in the US Lacrosse Magazine article that supporting large rosters has quite a few logistical problems as well.


You are also going to see college coaches have a frank discussion about the continuance of scholarship money for players that have not panned out. Will happen infrequently prior to their original 4 years but to all of them if they want to take their 5th year. Coaches are not going to give up all of their future money to bring in top talent for those that have not excelled to stay on board (unless they pay their own way).