Two offers - two different amounts separated by 25% or more but made in the same timeframe. Which one wants you more? Where will your son get the better chance to excel? Do the offers directly reflect interest level?
I'll be honest, I really don't know the answer to that question. Based on 2 sons' experiences - I still don't know the answer. But it might be good to discuss! 
Thoughts?
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Although most of my son's offers were very similar, we felt more "love" from some than we did from others. Just because one offer is better doesn't necessarily mean they love you more. The love is felt prior to the offer and then after the offer before you commit.
In the work world, yes, it means they love you more.
In college baseball, it probably means they want you to be a pitcher.
No, if it's late in process they may be low on money. Did coach discuss possibility that offer could go up next yr. we had coach tell us one of his best players was kid who got to school on free academic ride and they didn't have to spend money on him. They played him because he was good.
I would say listen to how coach conducts themselves, how honest they appear, and if you ask about things and feel your getting vague answers then be careful.
Diff levels of baseball do money diff .
[With apologies to Tina Turner, Johnny Lee and Meatloaf. . . ]
What's love got to do with it?
Anyone reading between the lines of an offer sheet for expressions of love is looking for love in all the wrong places.
Players and parents need to make an unsentimental assessment of the overall situation. A big offer may reflect sincere belief that a player is a difference maker, but it could also mean the coach found some unexpected money that he'll deploy in a different direction a year from now if you don't excel immediately.
Rest assured, the coach will be equally unsentimental about the transaction. He may want you or need you, but there ain't no way he's ever gonna love you.
swampboy,
Exactly. If there was a love button instead of a like button in your post, I would have clicked on it already.
True love...
The 80% guy you get for 25%!
First, I have been active on these websites for so long and post the same stuff over and over so I apologize for repeating myself. No, it doesn't mean more love. My daughter had all kinds of offers. On an official visit to a lower D-I, the coach told us that she was limited in scholarship money because softball was not fully funded for the 12 athletic scholarships. She had 9 total for the team. The HC walked us around her facilities which were impressive and made her final offer. It did not come match a conference school's offer. This coach reiterated that she wanted my daughter and even went to the point of saying that she felt that getting my daughter might save her job. IMO that is as sincere as a person can get when they tell you that. The coach came to watch my daughter in a tournament we were headed to as we went on our visit to her school. That tournament was another 3 hours away. Unfortunately for that coach, she was released after the next season which was a string of losing seasons.
A sizeable athletic scholarship (no academics) means that you most likely are viewed strongly as an impact player. Its harder to give out the few you have than academic $$.
But that may not mean that it is the best offer for the player, and everything has to be taken into account on an individual basis.
While I know that scholarship rules have changed, if son had attended an in state program, with bright futures and athletic $$, it would have cost us spending money for 3 years. Instead he chose to attend an out of state, with a very good offer, and that is where he felt the most "love".
JMO
