Scholarship Renewals?

Never mind. I found the answer to my own question. FYI, the answer is July 1st.

Wow! That seems like a long time to "sweat it out". I'd be curious to know what the norm is.....

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"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Famer

Trust me --most kids know the story before they leave campus in May--my sons papers were always sent to me before he was done with the season

TRhit

Here's a scenario on the renewals...........
Let's say a player is given "x" as a scholly Freshman year. Coach tells him at that time, there will probably be more money available next year, and based on performance, he may be able to get more.

Ok. For whatever reason, "more money" doesn't happen. School is a BIG stretch for parents who decided to take the risk, bite the bullet for a year and have son go Freshman year to prove himself and try to earn more $$. Could there be a problem w/ a transfer out of a school if it's for financial reasons? Or is this a pretty legit thing?

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"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Famer

Colleen ...

Altho I can't answer the question about a problem transferring for financial reasons, I would like to address one thing that you said:

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... have son go Freshman year to prove himself and try to earn more $$.

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We were in a similar situation with one of the schools that had offered our son a scholly ... and even tho we told him that we would support his decision to go to that (expensive) school if that is what he wanted, in our hearts we were concerned that he if he went there, he might put too much pressure on himself to try and "earn more $$" ...

You and I have had some interesting (private) discussions about some of these scholly ideas, and I just wanted to throw this in (not that I really want to give you anything else to worry about) for you and others to consider ... playing D-1 baseball at a tough academic school is hard enough without having a son worry about whether he is stretching the parental purse strings and whether or not he can help out by earning more money that may or may not come the following year.

Unless the school is an absolute "fit" academically and athletically, a "dream" school for our son, I would have to really think twice, thrice, maybe four times, about the added pressure of the finances for our son. Granted, if our son had been invited to play for some of his "dream schools" we would have been more than willing to stretch the purse strings ... but neither he nor we felt that was a good option for a school that he "really liked" that wasn't one of his "dream schools".

(Does that all make sense, or am I rambling on after a long week-end on Interstate 5? )

Mary Ann (a k a ShapsMa)

Mary Ann,
Not rambling, definitely good points. While this hasn't been said, "We'll see if we can get you more money", we're trying to anticipate a response to a request for more money...........

We'll see how it plays out. Things seem to change on a weekly basis, it would be nice if the weather would hold off so we could get some daggone games in!!

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"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Famer