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<blockquote data-quote="LT 1967" data-source="post: 977635" data-attributes="member: 6582"><p>I certainly agree that Coach Dodd's decision was a principled and ethical move. He did not want to " run off unqualified players to stay below the 140 SEC limit". Plus, he wanted to graduate every player that he could. That would often take more than 4 years at Tech and Coach Dodd liked to redshirt to give players more time to graduate. That should always be the "TECH WAY".</p><p></p><p>One of the things that has concerned me over the last few years is shown in the attached quote from a Furman Bisher article in 1964 after the GT-UGA game. If the future of Tech Football outside the SEC was as clear to a Sports Reporter as demonstrated in this quote, surely the Tech Athletic board and Coach Dodd knew that leaving the SEC might be a significant risk to the well-being of the program. I know that Bisher was a supporter of Dodd.</p><p></p><p> I certainly don't blame Coach Dodd or Tech for looking out for the best interest of our student-athletes. </p><p></p><p>It is regretful that we didn't work within the NCAA to fight for a national standard. Nine years after we let the SEC, the NCAA instituted a national limit on scholarships at 30 per year and 105 total. Later reduced to 25/85.</p><p></p><p>During this period, there was a lot of national discussion and discussion within the NCAA about scholarship limits and "running off dead wood". Also, the scholarship limits varied greatly among the major conferences.</p><p></p><p>Big 10 and ND----30 per year</p><p>Big 8---------------45 per yea</p><p>Southwest---------50 per year</p><p>SEC----------------45 per year-Total 140 (FB &BB)</p><p></p><p>So, it appears that we may have made the SEC move prematurely. In the arc of college football history, nine years to wait for a national standard seems pretty insignificant now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LT 1967, post: 977635, member: 6582"] I certainly agree that Coach Dodd's decision was a principled and ethical move. He did not want to " run off unqualified players to stay below the 140 SEC limit". Plus, he wanted to graduate every player that he could. That would often take more than 4 years at Tech and Coach Dodd liked to redshirt to give players more time to graduate. That should always be the "TECH WAY". One of the things that has concerned me over the last few years is shown in the attached quote from a Furman Bisher article in 1964 after the GT-UGA game. If the future of Tech Football outside the SEC was as clear to a Sports Reporter as demonstrated in this quote, surely the Tech Athletic board and Coach Dodd knew that leaving the SEC might be a significant risk to the well-being of the program. I know that Bisher was a supporter of Dodd. I certainly don't blame Coach Dodd or Tech for looking out for the best interest of our student-athletes. It is regretful that we didn't work within the NCAA to fight for a national standard. Nine years after we let the SEC, the NCAA instituted a national limit on scholarships at 30 per year and 105 total. Later reduced to 25/85. During this period, there was a lot of national discussion and discussion within the NCAA about scholarship limits and "running off dead wood". Also, the scholarship limits varied greatly among the major conferences. Big 10 and ND----30 per year Big 8---------------45 per yea Southwest---------50 per year SEC----------------45 per year-Total 140 (FB &BB) So, it appears that we may have made the SEC move prematurely. In the arc of college football history, nine years to wait for a national standard seems pretty insignificant now. [/QUOTE]
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