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Hello, I have searched but not found a similar post...  My wife is a University employee for an excellent private D1 school. One of her benefits is free tuition to not only her University, but to roughly 200 participating exchange schools around the country.  These schools are in just about every state and range from D1 to D3.  I am wondering if anyone has any experience w/how this might impact the recruiting process?  I have to think it is a good thing from the perspective of a head coach; knowing they have a solid prospect who will already have tuition covered?  Appreciate any first-hand insight you may offer.

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Well, my son wasn't exactly in the same position - but he's got outstanding academics.  That was certainly something coaches noticed.  There were a couple who said he was higher on his interest level because they knew he wouldn't cost them any athletic money.  That allows them to use funds elsewhere.

On the flip side there is always the thought that coaches will give more opportunity to those that they have an investment in, so I guess it can cut both ways.

Now I am not an expert on NCAA rules, so you may want to check into how this exchange impacts things as far as they are concerned.  For instance, you need to meet certain qualifications for academic money to not be counted against the athletic program's limits. I don't know if there may be a similar restriction for the exchange program.

At D3, a player on my son's old team, and a close friend, had a father that taught at one of the other conference schools. Both recruited him. We were all surprised when we found out. And invariably, he would be asked why he did not go to X, and instead ended up at Y. Well it turns out all of the schools in his conference have a reciprocal agreement. So it was the same price to go to either school and both coaches recruited him. But he chose my sons school.

Since there is no athletic money at a D3 that does not come into play.

 

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