Many may not like it/agree with it/understand it. But the following piece explains why some (certainly not all) kids would rather walk on at a top Power 5 conference school than accept a scholarship and have better opportunities to play right away at a MAC school.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2016/12... /

Granted, maybe it's on a lesser scale but doesn't Ohio do the same thing? Doesn't Ohio also have a walk-on program? I'm sure there are people at D3 schools that say "why would 'AJ' (for example) try to walk on at Ohio University without even the promise of a scholarship when he could play here at John Carroll with merit aid to defray the cost of tuition and be a guaranteed starter?" Seems to me Ohio does the same thing, albeit on a lesser scale perhaps.