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We have never claimed that anyone is violating NCAA rules by oversigning - that is not the issue. It has never been the issue here. The rules are not being broken. The issue is that some...
View ArticleMike Slive, Empty Suit
The year before last when Huston Nutt signed 500 recruits to letters of intent and then rubbed the NCAA's and the SEC's nose in it by saying that there wasn't a rule that said he couldn't, Mike Slive...
View ArticleMost Common Arguing Points
Here are some of the most common arguing points people have tried to use in defense of the practice of oversigning (in random order): 1. The SEC banned oversigning when it created the Houston Nutt rule...
View ArticleThere is nothing wrong with Greyshirting, Les Miles
It appears that Les Miles has not taken the criticism he has received, which he was rightfully given, for the Elliott Porter debacle well and he has taken to defending the practice of Greyshirting...
View ArticleTony Gerdeman Got It, Few Others Did (Including Us!)
We attempted to correct some of the wrongs the "real" media has been putting out lately with its coverage of oversigning and reaction to Elliott Porter's story, but Tony Gerdeman has shown us that we...
View ArticleThe Machine
In a story ESPN The Magazine published on the birth of Georgia State's football program, they interviewed recent Alabama transfer Star Jackson, and when we read the following quote the first thought we...
View ArticleNCAA Gives Alfy Hill the Les Miles Treatment
The sole purpose of this site has been to expose the oversigning loophole in the NCAA rule book to the masses, identify the coaches that abuse it the most, and follow the stories of the kids that get...
View ArticleNCAA Ruling Based on the Spirit of the Rules?
The NCAA felt that Jeremiah Masoli's application to transfer from Oregon, where he was kicked off of the team for violation of team rules, violated the "spirit" of the NCAA transfer rules and thus they...
View ArticlePaul Finebaum Interviews WSJ’s Darren Everson
Those of you who are really passionate about the topic of oversigning and interested in hearing more about the Wall Street Journal article Alabama's Unhappy Castoffs should find Paul Finebaum's (a...
View ArticleDon’t Blame the Coaches
Here is a decent column written by Gary Laney, sportswriter for The Advocate, and although the overall tone of the column is one that excuses the actions of the coaches, Laney does admit oversigning is...
View ArticleInterview with Tim Hyland
A few months back, oversigning.com was approached by Tim Hyland at about.com to do a question and answer session on the topic of oversigning and about the creation of this website. This interview was...
View ArticleJoseph Agnew Sues the NCAA
It is being reported that former Rice Football player, Joseph Agnew, through the law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, is suing the NCAA regarding its prohibition on multi-year scholarships....
View ArticleReason 735,378,987,506 to End Oversigning
This is a follow up on the BJ Scott transfer story. By allowing teams to oversign, the NCAA and the SEC office are allowing these kind of scenarios to play out. "Nevertheless, while he never put it...
View ArticleTressel on Oversigning
This is a video we posted a long time ago of Jim Tressel talking about his 2010 recruiting class. Oversigning.com has had over 4 Million hits since its creation last February, but the vast majority of...
View ArticleBig Recruiting Weekend
Nick Saban and Alabama, despite already being on tract to having one of the most oversigned classes in the country is having one of its biggest recruiting weekends this weekend. "The Crimson Tide will...
View ArticleAlabama’s Numbers
During his national signing day press conference, Nick Saban implied that no one outside of him knows Alabama's scholarship numbers. He also seemed rather irritated at all of the talk about...
View ArticleThe Worst Article Ever Written on Oversigning
We have read a lot of articles on oversigning and listened to a lot of people talk about the topic over the last year. The vast majority of people writing or talking about this topic don't fully...
View ArticleCompetitive Advantage and Ethics, Two Sides of Oversigning
The topic of oversigning is somewhat complicated, the numbers are hard to track, especially when a school redacts them from public documents, the terms used in the recruit game are hard to understand...
View ArticleMore on NCAA Football Issues Committee Monitoring Oversigning
We posted a quick link on this earlier in the week but would like to drill into it a little more here. In the discussions lately in the comments section, there have been a few readers that have made...
View ArticleNick Saban Joins Houston Nutt in the Fight to Keep Oversigning
It appears the battle lines are taking shape as the SEC meetings draw near. On one side we have the chronic oversigners clamouring to come up with excuses as to why oversigning should remain in tact,...
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