Is there anything more the NCAA could possibly do to limit recruiting?

If they do anything to recruiting it would have to be done to all conferences and i dont see the ncaa limiting the other conferences given the fact the sec is so far ahead in recruiting.

Until the rest of the nation puts more emphasis on high school football and weight training the sec will always be ahead in recruiting.

The only thing they can do to spread out the recruits is allowing less scholarships and limiting roster numbers, including walk-ons. But the best players are always going to go to the top schools no matter what they do. A draft would be the only thing that would ever balance things out completely but that will never happen in college.

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Is there anything the NCAA could do anymore? They've stiffed the scholly limit and the recruiting periods. They've also (tried) limiting some staff recruiting in the past. I really cannot see anything they could do as of now unless it was downright egregious.

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Urban Meyer was speaking a couple of weeks ago and saying the high school rules in football are different in Texas as opposed to Ohio in regards to summer activities. I think that could be a big change depending on the state, so the talent in states in the midwest/west/ne would improve.

In regards to actual NCAA changes:

1. There could be a huge thing if paying football players through an institution becomes a thing. If, for example, starting qbs make more than 3rd string qbs, a guy may want to go and start at Utah before being 3rd string at Bama for 2 years.

2. Early signing period. Could potentially help schools in other areas because they could lock hometown kids in before they go on all their official visits

3. Limit the scholarships totally. If there are 85 spots on a team, you have to have a total number of guys coming back and a total number who aren't coming back by a certain date...January 15 just for argument sake. Then, you cannot sign more guys than the difference of 85 and the # coming back. If you only end up with 75 guys one season because of medical problems or transfers or thugs, so be it. This is not only an SEC issue like some people say, but it does seem the SEC is most lenient overall in this

Edit: Other school really just need to put # into recruiting and coaching. The B1G is finally starting to do that, but it is late in the game. One of the real problems is that ESPN is in bed with the SEC bigtime, and they lead the most coverage about recruiting with tv time