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Reply to "NLI offer different than the verbal offer"

Following up on this thread with a new twist.  Assume the following:

* Non-Power 5 D1 school offers player a multi-year scholarship

* Freshman year offer is 50% baseball money, Sophomore year is 0%, Junior year is 25% and Senior year is 25%

If this arrangement is set forth in the financial agreement executed in conjunction with the NLI, is it enforceable because there is Freshman year money of at least 25%?  Does the 0% in Sophomore year render the Junior and Senior year scholarships unenforceable, or is the only risk associated with a 0% scholarship year associated with Freshman year (which I understand equates to a walk-on status with no enforceability as to subsequent year scholarship promises). 

Essentially, is there risk with respect to the enforceability  of a non-Power 5 D1 multi-year scholarship having a year less than 25% if that year is NOT the Freshman year?  Anyone ever see offers structured this way (ostensibly, to give the program more recruiting flexibility in future years)?  Understand that coach can always "encourage" player to leave the program.

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