It is about winning at the college level...which is why this goes on. If a "reclassified" kid gives a college coach a better chance, and the rules permit it, he is going to recruit him. I think it is ridiculous but the rules are the rules.
By the way, imagine if it were that way in the academic portion of school. Your kid ends his year with a 92 average but you want him to go Ivy so you are able to "reclassify" him and repeat the year to get that average up to a 98. That would be preposterous and not helpful in the end. On the athletics side of college, though, it is apparently ok. Again, the rules are the rules.....so people will run until they are tackled.
