Getting Cut & Scholarships

I am pretty sure a scholarship is for the entire year and if cut after the fall, the player could stay for the spring semester and keep the money from his scholarship.

I can't imagine an institution doing what you described as far as trying to cancel the existing fall scholarship.

It has been my understanding historically the 4 yr ride is actually 4 one year rides that can be terminated, if that is correct, I would think the argument of keeping the scholarship for the spring semester is logical.

It would cost you a year of eligibility probably and most likely not a path a player would be in a hurry to take but by the terms of the agreement an option. As with most contract disputes it will come down to the language, a few key words at that, attorney feedback on it and the willingness of both sides to fight about it. Sadly for the little bit of money a scholarship is worth there will be no value in fighting it...simply put it will cost more money to prove you are correct then the fight is worth.

This is a reality of many businesses every day, our insurance folks on here live by it...it is just cheaper to assume some loss and move on. Right or wrong has little influence on the outcome in small denominations.

I never heard this about college bills never being final.  They send you an invoice, you pay at the beginning of the semester and it's marked as paid, it's required in order to register for classes.  Sometimes they will bill you after the end of the semester for items that the student charged to the bursar bill, or things like missing library books, lost room key, dorm damages.  That's not tuition.

A school cannot go back on the amount paid unless you quit.  If you quit, mid-semester, they can go back and make you pay any money they gave you including meals, lodging, books, classes, etc.  If they cut you, you better make them put it in writing, then they have to pay your scholarship for the duration of it which is either 1 year (covered other places currently) or 4 years at most P5's.  But you will have to burn eligibility to use that scholarship.  And I would say unless you are a stud you better be through with playing anywhere if you make the school burn a scholarship after you are cut.

@Francis7 posted:

Kid gets an athletic scholarship and reports to the school in the fall as a freshman.

Terms of the scholarship was to be half for fall tuition and half for the spring.

After the completion of the fall semester, he is cut from the team.

Seems to make perfect sense that the kid would not get that spring $ because he's no longer on the team.

But, what about the bill for the fall? Can a school come back to the student and ask for that fall scholarship money because the kid was cut before the actual baseball season started?

Friend asked me and I don't know. But, someone once told me that college bills are never really final - even after paid - and they can always come back to you and ask for more tuition later because of adjustments to your account. (Sounds whacky to me but someone once swore this is true.)

It depends on the athletic scholarship  P5, D1, D2, Juco?

Be specific.

Not Juco or P5

So its D1 or D2. Both I am sure have different rules.

Maybe you should refer the person asking to Rick at Informed Athlete.

JMO

I would imagine the school would still pay unless the kid quit or was cut due to attitude or other factors not related to how well he plays baseball.