Iowamom23 posted:A slight diversion, but along the same topic — we recently learned that my son, who is in his second year, is on target to graduate after three years. He would be draft eligible, but when I asked the coach I talk to once a year if he would still get athletic aid if he chose to stay a fourth year, he said sure he could do that but graduating early "is a great place to be for negotiating."
Why is that? It seemed to me you'd be in that spot of teams basically saying "yea, so you can come play for us for no money, or be done playing." Is it just because he could stay in school for that additional degree?
Your son would have one more year left of eligibility, but all that might mean is that they might put $$ in the scholarship fund, the negotiating point might be for the cost for grad school, one year vs 4th year in his major. This would be entirely different than receiving bonus $$$.
To be honest, I don't know how that works in this situation. Best advice is if it looks promising next year, seek advice of an advisor.