Preferred Walk On (PWO) questions

coldbeer

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Q's on PWO....

1. What benefits does a PWO get over a normal student?
2. How does say a PWO for Football compare with a Baseball player that doesn't get any scholarship money?2.
3. Outside of tuition & boots... What benefits does a full scholarship football player receive over a PWO?
 

Gtech50

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Q's on PWO....

1. What benefits does a PWO get over a normal student?
2. How does say a PWO for Football compare with a Baseball player that doesn't get any scholarship money?2.
3. Outside of tuition & boots... What benefits does a full scholarship football player receive over a PWO?
PWO gets athlete housing, early registration, occasionally travel with the team, basically everything a scholarship athlete gets without the money, but a lot of PWO are in state so they qualify for Hope/Zell Miller
 

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Don't let the NCAA know that they get boots! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Q's on PWO....

1. What benefits does a PWO get over a normal student?
2. How does say a PWO for Football compare with a Baseball player that doesn't get any scholarship money?2.
3. Outside of tuition & boots... What benefits does a full scholarship football player receive over a PWO?
 

Yomanser

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Q's on PWO....

1. What benefits does a PWO get over a normal student?
2. How does say a PWO for Football compare with a Baseball player that doesn't get any scholarship money?2.
3. Outside of tuition & boots... What benefits does a full scholarship football player receive over a PWO?
There is essentially no difference between a PWO or walk-on or a scholarship player for any sport; the differences are in scholarship money and how they got there. A full scholarship player gets all of his tuition, fees, books, etc. paid for by his scholarship (typically seen in football and basketball), a partial scholarship player (typically seen in baseball and other non-highlighted sports) gets a portion of those tuition and fees paid, whereas a preferred walk-on and a walk-on do not get anything paid for since they do not hold an athletic scholarship. Meanwhile, a PWO means that you automatically have a guaranteed spot on the team, even though you aren't a scholarship player. Finally, a walk-on means just that; you showed up, tried out, and made the team. When you make the team, be it a scholarship player, preferred walk-on, or walk-on, all members of the team get the same academic benefits over regular students, and there is no further separation between a scholarship player or walk-on; they are treated the same
 

Yomanser

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What about the stipend? You know, folding money, or walking around money.
Only scholarship (partial or full) athletes get the stipend, since it's used to make up the remaining cost of attendance that the scholarship does not cover
 

Yomanser

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IIRC, PWO's also get access to the training table for meals during the season and during camps, practices. This can be a pretty good benefit in and of itself.
Correct; PWO's and WO's get access to everything that regular scholarship athletes get access to. This includes academic benefits like tutors, or athletic benefits like athletics-only weight facilities
 

deeeznutz

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PWO gets athlete housing, early registration, occasionally travel with the team, basically everything a scholarship athlete gets without the money, but a lot of PWO are in state so they qualify for Hope/Zell Miller

They get Hope...for the first semester. Then it's up to them to keep the GPA up to par, not exactly an easy task at Tech especially when you factor in football's time requirements.
 
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