The House of Blue

Arkansas State is D-1A (FBS), but point well taken. EKU is D-1AA (FCS) which allows kids to transfer down and not sit out. You can't transfer up and play immediately, b/c some coaches would use FCS schools as JUCO/Prep Schools and recruit away their best players. I am a small government minimal rule guy, but some rules are in place for a good reason.

Could you imagine if it was a free for all for the big schools to continue to recruit players playing at other programs? Alabama, UF, LSU, etc. may say "Mr. Cobb we made a huge mistake in not recruiting you out of high school, but would you like to be part of a BCS championship team this year?" Now, Cobb is a high character guy and probably would say no, but I just used him as an example. Maybe a better example is "Mr. Couch, we know you were loyal to your in-state school, but why don't you quick running the option against us (UF) and come on down to play in a pass happy offense which Coach Curry knows nothing about?"

Then, I stand corrected. Arkansas State is DI? Really? Do we have no standards?

I guess I am not surprised that they are a DI team, but FBS?

When all else fails, they are DI. Seems like everyone is anymore.