Eric addressed a question about how other programs seem to bring in 25+ per cycle, and what impact grayshirting had:
"As far as the grayshirt practice, ND hasn't used it and it's risky for the player. It doesn't work will within ND's structure. You're asking a player to pay his own way for a semester, then go on scholarship for winter semester.
At ND that's a much larger cost than at most other schools. And there's no binding commitment from ND's standpoint (or any other school's) to honor the grayshirt commitment.
Other schools can also get away with running off players for reasons unrelated to disciplinary issues. BK would get skewered for doing that.
It's just not a great way to feed a program if you're ND."
I can't believe this practice remains legal. It seems to be a huge competitive advantage for other programs.