Nancy
In our case the coach told us, prior to my son applying, that based on his GPA and SAT score he would recommend that the AD request a full tuition academic scholarship. However, he also told us that athletes did not get a full tuition ride at that school but because my son was his top recruit and the first from south florida thats what he would recommend. He told to us to expect a 65% tuition scholarship and after he got accepted, that's what my son got which worked out to a little over 50% of total school costs.
As far as "early action", there is no penalty for deciding not to go to that school. You can check this with admissions. What you do not want to do is go "early decision", which is binding.
As far as PM's, double click on the person you want to PM hit profile and click private text then send your message. I hope this helps.