Athletic Scholarships

bessie
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:30:08 +0000

It depends on both the sport and the NCAA rules. Look up NCAA.org and find your sport and the schools that sponsor that sport. Gender is also an issue. for guys, the revenue sports (Basketball, football) at Division I schools are nearly always a free ride (tuition, books, room & board). If you are talented enough to be getting one of these, you probably know it by the way recruiting is going by the end of your sophomore year in high school. That means if a team gets 13 scholarships, those 13 scholarships go to 13 athletes. For non-revenue sports (water polo, volleyball), there are a usually a limited number of scholarships (say 12, for this example) spread around a larger number of athletes (say 24). So, instead of 12 guys getting a full ride, 24 (or 36 or 48) team members split up the equivalent of those 12 scholarships. So, either 24 get a half scholarship each or some variation thereof. Due to the large number of male revenue sports (about 75 to 100 full rides to males in football and BB each year) and Title Nine (which requires institutions receiving federal money to equalize their spending between men and women), women in non-revenue sports are more likely to get a full scholarship than males. One thing I know, either a coach wants you or he doesn’t, so if you are the kind of recruit who is elite, then you will know it and the offers will be forthcoming. If you are a lesser recruit, you have no negotiating power at all so the point is moot. Parents do not usually negotiate the amount of grant in aid that athletes receive. Coaches offer, keeping ncaa regulations in mind, and recruits accept or decline said offers. I agree with the cptofthehouse that some recruits need to ask to be recruited. it never hurts to ask!