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Reply to "Athletic Scholarship Player vs Academic Scholarship Player"

PABaseball posted:
cabbagedad posted:

Here's another interesting twist to this topic that seemingly doesn't get discussed or considered much... a real and unbiased scenario...

D1 school does their typical recruiting.  Most athletic $ goes to P's and select few others (as someone else pointed out above).  So, most returning and new position players are relying on academic $.  The roster sits at 40 in the fall.  The staff did not nail it this year in their recruiting efforts.  A few freshman were assured a roster spot but no athletic $ and it turns out they are not as good as expected.  The staff will have to get the roster down to 35 by spring.  They will have to let go a few upperclassmen who are better players than those freshmen and more likely to contribute but are no longer part of the new group that was assured a roster spot.  

I would think the guys with no athletic money would be the guys to go, especially if they are not as good as anticipated. Why let go of older contributors for younger, less talented guys?

Recruiting promises.  Roster spot guarantee for spring.  None of those involved have athletic $.  I'm sure the same  roster guarantee was offered to some of the upperclassmen when they were being recruited as incoming freshmen as well.  The guarantee is for the spring, not future seasons.  Now, the better upperclassmen have no such guarantees and thus...

Last edited by cabbagedad
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