Just curious... can't seem to find a good answer. Obviously, many of the HS players who were drafted and decided to sign OR go on to a JUCO gave up nice D1 scholarships. What happens to those unused scholarships?
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That money will go to players to replace them as well as possibly being used to increase others scholarships
Meaning... unsigned seniors? Also, do signed existing players have a "clause" of sorts that would increase their scholarships? How does that work? Walk ons?
momandcpa - It would be rare to increase a scholarship for a signed or verbally committed player. Coaches will use the "new money" to get additional players to commit as TR posted. Coaches will continue to sign players up until school starts or the money runs out. 
Future year scholarship increases can be rare or normal occurrences depending on the school, but should never be counted by a player when making a commitment. If any player or family has a financial concern about the amount offered now, the college may not be the right fit.
Future year scholarship increases can be rare or normal occurrences depending on the school, but should never be counted by a player when making a commitment. If any player or family has a financial concern about the amount offered now, the college may not be the right fit.
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There really are five parts to the comittment timeline now...
-Pre before phone call - Junior spring or earlier
- Phone call July 1 - Junior summer
- Early sign - Senior November
- April sign - Senior Spring
- Post draft - Senior summer
Most coaches we have dealt with have a "stable" of player options (unsigned seniors, JC guys, recruited walk on's) in case the draft opens up spots.
Have said this before, some some it is a long and winding road. But one that may pay off very late...
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There really are five parts to the comittment timeline now...
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- Phone call July 1 - Junior summer
- Early sign - Senior November
- April sign - Senior Spring
- Post draft - Senior summer
Most coaches we have dealt with have a "stable" of player options (unsigned seniors, JC guys, recruited walk on's) in case the draft opens up spots.
Have said this before, some some it is a long and winding road. But one that may pay off very late...
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I had read somewhere that the "pre phone call" in Junior spring or earlier has been discontinued. Is this information wrong?
Infield08, I'm pretty sure the NCAA did away with the one phone call in March of JR year.
We had a discussion on this very thing back in February... there seemed to be a fair amount of confusion. Based upon various posters' research, it was done away with this year.
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You are all very right...I didn't state that properly...
What I should have said was BEFORE phone calls...
Meaning....Currently got a whole bunch of '07 commits already, apparently through email, and text messaging...This stuff seems to be getting done PRIOR to any legal phone calling...
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You are all very right...I didn't state that properly...
What I should have said was BEFORE phone calls...
Meaning....Currently got a whole bunch of '07 commits already, apparently through email, and text messaging...This stuff seems to be getting done PRIOR to any legal phone calling...
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some good explanations above, I'll add one more -quote:what happens to those "unused" scholarships?
they may actualy already be in use,
sometimes if a player(s) is likely to go pro his $ has already been committed to other signees, which leads to interesting $ situations when guys end up on campus who were expected to go pro
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quote:which leads to interesting $ situations when guys end up on campus who were expected to go pro
...when the returning player is promised a full ride ro return.