Fully Funded

thats- a balk, basically fully funded are schools that utilized their total allocation of 11.7 scholarships. There are quite a few schools that fund much less that the 11.7 allowed.

Here is a link in the recruiting forum that broached this subject. Fully Funded

Hope this helps.

Means they give the maximum BB scholarship money which is 11.7 for D1.

Not sure if that is public info. Why would you want to know ?

BobbleHead-

Wouldn't it be in the best interest of the player if they are fully funded. Would it not allow a school (baseball) to offer more money to more athletes?

thats-a-balk - there is also a thread that is fixed on top of the recruiting forum about fully funded.

Just found it, thank you sir!

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Wouldn't it be in the best interest of the player if they are fully funded. Would it not allow a school (baseball) to offer more money to more athletes?

It might but not necessarily. I would not ask that question but rather concern myself with what they are offering to you.
If they wanted you to know they would tell you.

I think it is a fair question to ask. For one thing, you want to know if your team has the financial support that it needs to compete. Will they be able to put 9 solid guys on the field game after game? Will you be part of a strong incoming class? I think if you approach this the right way, you can state a legitimate reason for wanting to know the information and you will likely be told the whole truth.

Actually, I heard this question asked routinely by parents during "junior day" Q&A sessions and it was routinely answered right there for all to hear.

What does full funding have to do with the financial health of the college ? What does it have to do with your offer ?
Some colleges do not fund a lot of scholarships and still are competetive. Brown for example feels their academic reputation is why you go there. Ivys are all examples of that.

I would be concerned if, say, a mid-major made my son a good offer but was not fully-funded. Perhaps it would have only 5 full schollies to hand out rather than the 11.7. Why would this be a problem? Because it would indicate that in typical, non-Ivy League situations, the school would not necessarily have enough funds to recruit an adequate number of quality pitchers. And we all know that without a stash of good pitchers, a program will not enjoy much success.

On another topic, it's been a while since I looked at the thread affixed at the top of the Recruiting Forum, but I'm almost positive that it lists the operating budget of the baseball program, not whether the program is fully-funded. Of course, if the cost spent per player is very low, you could probably deduce that the program is not fully-funded.

The operating expenses (per the referred to NCAA report) are defined as:

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Operating expenses means all expenses an institution incurs attributable to home, away, and neutral-site intercollegiate athletic contests (commonly known as ``game-day expenses''), for (A) lodging, meals, transportation, uniforms, and equipment for coaches, team members, support staff (including, but not limited to team managers and trainers), and others; and (B) officials. Operating expenses are a subset of expenses.

I'd be very suspect of a school that did not want to disclose the number of schollies for their athletics. Most schools you talk to readily offer the info.

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Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
What does full funding have to do with the financial health of the college ? What does it have to do with your offer ?
Some colleges do not fund a lot of scholarships and still are competetive. Brown for example feels their academic reputation is why you go there. Ivys are all examples of that.

I think its fair to say it should be part of the decision process. If they do not fully fund the program (which may be true for many mids and low D-1's) I would want to dig more into the other support for the athletes including academic support/tutoring staff, Training and medical staff, availabilty of Dr's as well as all other aspects of the program. If the team handles most of the field maintenance, equipment availability, # of paid assistants. etc....

Some of the above may not be an issue or concern with some recruits, with others it may be. How does baseball funding compare to funding of other athletic programs.

Not to get the Terp fans going but U of Maryland for many years was not fully funded ,I do not know where they stand now, but I do know where they stand in the ACC.

Novafan,
Good point about Maryland, but their academic criteria is high compared to some other schools in the ACC.

However, I agree, there is no problem with asking if a school fully funds. Either fund or you don't (like the Ivy's). That does give you an idea of how the school stacks up to the competition in their conference. If that is important to you ask, if not, don't.

If your goal is to get an education and scouts draft out of unfunded, partially funded and fully funded what does it mean ? It may buy a better team but it may also see you sitting on the bench if you aren't cut etc. It means very little to you as an individual.
If you are concerned the over all budget may be more important to yo.
Most schools have very few paid assistants. Maybe you haven't heard BB is a money looser so maybe you should check out the football and basketball teams. They fund BB.