I asked in the middle of a thread several weeks ago about how one goes about getting a feel for how scholarships are allocated and whether a program generally keeps scholarships at the original levels or perhaps has a tendancy to reduce levels for second tier players (more money for recruited freshmen). What I heard was that it is often impossible to get a factual accounting and often have to take snippets from here and there and form an opinion. I have also read about doing roster ressearch as it relates to returning players (what is dropout/transfer rate). On a recent thread there is a discussion about whether a coach follows through a perceived promises. Again the recommendation is the "check out the program and its history".
Aside from personal connections via this site, what factual information can be sourced (and from where) to assist is "checking out" a program. Yearly rosters can geenerally be found on the school's website and presumably go back several years. I believe there is a source for program funding which demonstrates dollars allocated to the program during any given year. I assume some draft information might be useful is accounting for departing juniors. These are just a fee w examples - hoping to sit back and start reading about all the other sources that might be available to parents and athletes.
