MANHATTAN — As eager as he is to finally get his Kansas State football team on the field for spring practice, Chris Klieman has a number of other things on his mind that are not as pleasant.
Klieman, who is starting his seventh coaching season at K-State, expressed his frustration with the state of college football Wednesday during a news conference ahead of Friday's first of 10 spring practice sessions.
"Off the field, I still think the industry of college athletics is a disaster. It just is," Klieman said. "Between the lines, I think it's great.
"During this month of April — not our decision as coaches, not our decision at Kansas State, but the industrywide decision — because of the House settlement, because of different legality things and litigation, we've got to remove a lot of kids from the program, and it sucks, I'll be honest with you."
While Klieman has a laundry list of complaints, including a second transfer portal window in April, his greatest source of frustration is the NCAA-imposed roster limit of 105 set to take place for the 2025 season pending approval by Congress. For K-State, that will mean trimming roughly 20 walk-ons from the program.
"There's a lot of kids that want ...
