Baseball's 11.7 is long overdo for an overall and increase. Not many full rides for Baseball. But they're out there.
Even if they got it to 15 or 20 would be better than the silly 11.7. 35 Full Rides for Baseball is a PIPE DREAM.
NEVER going to happen or only at the money maker baseball schools like Vandy and Arkansas, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
That is going to be an issue for some schools and some sports that aren't revenue producing.
But be THANKFUL GT recruits also have HOPE scholarships and stuff in GA.
That is a HUGE Advantage for recruiting in-state and doesn't cost the GA schools as much (if anything) and leaves the majority of partials for out of state - who pay double what is listed for in state.
You supposedly can't count on HOPE, but if you recruit well - you'll know who is going to get it and who isn't to have more partials to float around.
I've heard of some people actually making money with HOPE and a Partial that more than covered school. That is just not cool. But with restrictions of 25% as the minimum partial, you'll have that if someone is getting 80-90% of their tuition covered by HOPE... hypothetically.
I have given talks about college recruitment to various baseball teams and HS programs. Schools already aren't created equal. So that argument is an old one.
Arkansas has an out of state tuition waiver for TX and a few other states which is crazy helpful, Even for non-athletes...(as is HOPE for GA residents).
It is actually cheaper to go to Arkansas than in-state tuition at Univ of TX or TX A&M....
Opportunity Vanderbilt and Stanford Endowments help take the sting out as well as the Ivies and their "academic" aide.
Full tuition at Standford is $70k+ but even on a 25% scholarship with endowment, it brings tuition down to less than $15K.
Opportunity Vanderbilt makes it cheaper to attend Vandy than a state school like Univ TN!
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