quote:Each year, the AD's office takes the dollar amount of a "full scholarship" and multiplies it by the number of scholarships a sport is allowed. In the case of DI baseball, that number is 11.7 (where the program is fully funded). That result gives the baseball coaching staff its scholarship budget for the year, which is then divided up among the players.
As stated earlier from there they get 11.7. The school that had cost $24000 and offered a player $13200, made that player a .55 qualifier. He was getting .55 of his total college cost. His .55 was then subtracted from the 11.7 leaving him 11.15 scholarships.
What helps each program is when the NLI is a $$$ amount. The following year or when the player reports next Sept and the cost of school has increased X dollars that coach actually gains money in his scholarship budget.
There is one Mid Atlantic school who increased costs from $30K to $40k for this fall. If your player was getting a $25K ride last year he's paying a bit more this year. Had his offer been a % then he would have gotten an automatic increase.