The Houston Nutt Rule, adopted by the Southeastern Conference this year and headed for your neighborhood NCAA Manual in the fall, maintains that no member school may sign more than 28 players between signing day and May 31.
Ole Miss didn't sign as many recruits this year as it did last signing day, and that's in large part to the Houston Nutt Rule.
If not for the Houston Nutt Rule, Ole Miss "probably would have signed 30" players last week, Nutt said. Instead, the Rebels signed 22.
If you are good at math, you may note that 39, 30 and 28 all are more than 25, the NCAA-mandated limit that has applied to FBS schools since 1992. But a few years ago, some very shrewd coach (no one is sure whom) noticed that the rule says that no more than 25 signees may enter the university in the fall term. It says nothing about how many players may sign with the university in February.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=4899549
Ole Miss didn't sign as many recruits this year as it did last signing day, and that's in large part to the Houston Nutt Rule.
If not for the Houston Nutt Rule, Ole Miss "probably would have signed 30" players last week, Nutt said. Instead, the Rebels signed 22.
If you are good at math, you may note that 39, 30 and 28 all are more than 25, the NCAA-mandated limit that has applied to FBS schools since 1992. But a few years ago, some very shrewd coach (no one is sure whom) noticed that the rule says that no more than 25 signees may enter the university in the fall term. It says nothing about how many players may sign with the university in February.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=4899549
