Being the athlete will get the student into the school on the coach’s influence. Being the debater will get the money. But the athlete better actually BE a debater if he’s given the money.
People always say ‘who will know?’ The NCAA is like Big Brother and knows all. The other schools in the conference complain. On D1 and D2 teams, everyone seems to figure out how much the other athletes get. I told my daughter not to talk about her scholarships, but they all do including the coach. It does cause hard feelings that Susie has $5k more than Jane, or Sally doesn’t really deserve to have a scholarship because she’s a bad player.