The point is early enrollees get may of the benefits that you discussed without sitting out an extra year getting older. That window has passed for this year class but Alabama already has 7-8 on campus that took advantage of the opportunity. Any I didn't say grey-shirting took away a redshirt.
Most kind want to get to the NFL as soon as possible. Most kids are not ready to get there as soon as they think, but considering it is almost always the 2-3 star guy getting grey shirted and it seemingly often coming up late in a recruiting process, you can't tell me it isn't a sign of disrespect.
I think we all knew that, but did any of the EEs get greyshirt offers? I know one player seemed to lose his offer entirely when it became clear he couldn't be an EE. This isn't an option for any player out there right now, that hasn't signed an LOI as far as I'm aware. Is that the best scenario? Sure, but it's not available to most players, and it's not applicable to Poggi or Bozeman. We're not talking about players that have that option.
To reiterate, greyshirting has 0 impact on leaving for the NFL early. If you're ready to go after three years, you're ready to go after three years. Greyshirt, and redshirt, neither have any impact on that at all. Finally, yes I can.
I do not think Saban disrespects Poggi's ability. Furthermore, it's not even clear if Vonn Bell has any sort of an offer. A 5 star player, who has indicated he wanted to play at Alabama, but it appears they lack the room.
I can't think of one instance when a real blue-chipper took a greyshirt over a "lesser" but still high talent player (barring injury or academics).
John Parker Wilson was a Parade All American. He wasn't a elite prospect, but I haven't seen anything to indicate he was unwanted, or unimportant to the team. However, Poggi is a high four star, top 100 kid, I absolutely do not believe the notion that he as a greyshirt is disrespected, or that he's not a blue-chipper. He may or may not take the offer, but there are lower rated players that could have been "bumped" to give him a full offer, so this flies in the face of that notion.
I know greyshirting could be abused, somewhat. It's a willing practice, but it could catch a player off guard or the like. It's not a universal sign of disrespect, that's hogwash, it can help players, that's provable, and there are players better off for having been a greyshirt. It's funny how some people can essentially bash Saban and his practices, and some think I have a problem for seeing the logic and good in what Saban does.