quote:Originally posted by Sox&Stros:
And then there is that wonderful scholarship allotment for baseball...[QUOTE]
Speaking of which, has anybody heard any progress on the NCAA front of expanding the baseball scholarship allotment? I know there has been discussions last year. (see excerpt below from Baseball America article August 2005)
The baseball committee looked at some preliminary models for increasing scholarships in baseball. One proposes raising the limit of 11.7 scholarships to about 14, still to be divvied between several players. The other is more radical, proposing 27 individual scholarships that cover tuition and fees only--leaving the responsibility of paying for housing, food and books on the students. That number was selected because an average of 26.8 players on Division I teams received some sort of scholarship aid in 2005.
The second model with tuition scholarships would tighten the gap between public and private schools.
"A lot of coaches I've talked to are very interested in the tuition concept," Keilitz said. "The one nice thing about it is now cost for all kids is going to be pretty much the same because room and board is pretty much the same between all universities--public and private. (Recruiters) would be selling the school, academics and program tradition--not the cost anymore."
Keilitz will further project these models and present them to the committee at its November meeting in an attempt to get the scholarship package on the legislative cycle in the future.