Ways to Go to School Completely For Free

twoinanddone
Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:27:48 +0000

Four year NCAA scholarships have only been available for 3 years (this is the third). However, there are so many outs for the coaches/schools that the 4 year awards are not any stronger than the one+one+one+one that most have. The coaches have the right not to renew for all kinds of things, just like they’d have the right not to issue a new scholarship.

One reason the 4 year scholarships are more popular for football and basketball are that those are head count sports. Each scholarship athlete has a full scholarship, so there is nothing to negotiate. Most other athletes hope that their scholarship amounts will go up each year. Many freshmen only have a smaller amount, like 10% scholarship, while upperclassmen can have 50-100%. Personally, I know my daughter wants more next year! At one school we looked at the coach outright said she didn’t give money to freshmen (to have them committed to an NLI, she only has to give a minimum of book money); she saves all her money for upperclassmen. Coach’s choice, but my daughter couldn’t go there without money.

Yes, the NCAA has to approve a transfer waiver of the one year to sit out, but if the current coach approves the NCAA takes that into consideration, and if the current coach isn’t offering a scholarship, that goes a long way toward approving the transfer with immediate eligibility to play. The coach withdrawing money is a statement that the student isn’t wanted anymore, so it’s not the student quitting for a better deal but more being fired.