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According to the new rules, at a D1 33% is the minimum, and that is a GREAT offer compared to what has been previously offered to many in the past. I have a feeling it's going to be all or nothing. JMO.

I am wondering how this is going to play out. I am thinking that many schools are going to hold back on offering right now.

If anyone has any insight as to what coaches are thinking, let us know.
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Originally posted by baseballmom08:
So, an 80% offer that's bumped up to 100% after sophomore year is a great offer?


If that was the offer, yes that is a great one. Is it all baseball money?

However, scholarships are awarded on an annual basis so any discussion on what's to follow after the first year should be regarded as just talk. An example, what if there is a coaching change? What if your son gets hurt? What if he doesn't do as expected on or off the field, etc, etc.
Mom, an 80% offer is a great offer by anyone's standards and more than most kids receive at any insitution. A 100% offer is VERY rare as has been said and is usually only received by very high draft prospects from what I've seen. Also, like TPM said, an offer is only binding for a year. A coach can do anything with that offer the following year that he so decides. If your son receives multiple 80% offers, he's a very lucky and rare young man!
Baseballmom08, make no mistake that an 80% offer with the promise of a 100% is a GREAT offer. Congratulations to you and your son! But in order to make the best "deal" we have to ask ourselves some tough questions. There are things to consider. Look at the overall cost of attending the school. If a college cost $50,000 a year to attend, then an 80% scholarship would still leave you with a $10,000 balance. Big chunk of change in my checkbook! You also have to estimate at the actual "worth" of the college programs both academically and athletically. It is very possible your son may receive much more with a 50% scholarship at one program than a 100% scholarship at another. (My son turned down a 100% offer at one D-1 to go to another college that offered less scholarship). Understand too that the NLI is the official offer and there are some coaches that tend to "over" offer and then make adjustments in order to come into compliance by the NCAA deadline. The offer of 100% for next year is the highest compliment the coach can give but I would NOT sign an NLI based on what the coach said he would offer NEXT year. As TPM and lafmon both say, the scholarship is good for one year and "things" do happen and scholarships are adjusted. Let me relay a story I was told. Coach approaches player after first season and explains he has another player the teams needs to win and the program doesn't have enough scholarship to sign the player. Would he (and other players) be willing to give up some of their scholarship in the best interest of the team? That IMO is a cheap shot but things of that nature do happen. Look before you leap.
Fungo
Good points Fungo. Yes. look closely before you leap.
All things have to be considered when deciding to commit (remeber teh new transfer rules) and taking the best offer is not usually one that I recommend. It should be a strong consideration, but all of the pieces have to fit.

I am not sure why a coach would talk about the possibility of a lareger scholarship AFTER sophmore year. Coaches don't usually do that or do they. I know of a player who had to BEG for a couple of extra dollars after being a reliable starter after 2-3 years.

Mine received a very good offer from Clemson, but a better one from a state school. If he had decided to go with the better offer, I am not so sure in the end that would have been the better choice for him.
TP Mom (Cardinal Mom?) is right. The largest offer isn't necessarily the right one. Our son got multiple offers, and turned down the largest one to go to the "most competitive" one, which to my delight also happened to be the one with the most academic rigor. It was his choice. We will make up the difference. Your son got a terrific offer. I am sure there will be more. I think everyone is unclear as to what the import of the new rule will be. My strictly amateur guess is that the big programs will offer quickly to the best players as they always have, then at the 33% level to the second tier players, and there will be very few offers of anything other than walk-on status in the Spring barring some injury to a starting player or an academic dropout leaving money available. Probably the best advice is for a parent to be brutally realistic as to where there son's talent level really lies (very hard for most of us) and then assess the fit for athletics, academics, social factors, travel and true cost.
I remember one coach made a great offer but when the paper work arrived it and reviewed it was not what coach had said, part of the baseball scholarship money was from grants and loans. coach claimed it was mistake but I have heard of other players from that school who were surprised to find out that they owed a lot of money when they left
Folks


You need to do your homework---when a coach tells you a dollar number ask him for the breakdown---and write it down for later reference

My guy got a letter from the coach before his NLI and it truly impressed me--it spelled it all out in cluding waht was expected from my son on the field and in the classroom

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