Toughest sport to get college athletic scholarship

[Anonymous]

Men’s basketball and football players get the most athletic scholarships because they generate revenue.

[Anonymous]

https://scholarshipstats.com/ncaalimits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://scholarshipstats.com/ncaalimits

One important factor is “head count” vs “equivalency” sports. Head count sports can not split scholarships, so 13 men’s basketball spots is up to 13 athletes on scholarship, but 11.7 baseball spots ($j can be divided across as many athletes as coach wants/needs. So an individual athlete would get less money, but there can be more athletes receiving money.

[Anonymous]

Basketball and football are the only sports to give full rides for everyone on the roster.

Every other sports get a handful and spread the wealth amongst the team in the form of partial. So consider spending tons of money on your kid and unless DC is absolute beast, the odds of getting full ride are not that great outside of those 2 sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Basketball and football are the only sports to give full rides for everyone on the roster.

Every other sports get a handful and spread the wealth amongst the team in the form of partial. So consider spending tons of money on your kid and unless DC is absolute beast, the odds of getting full ride are not that great outside of those 2 sports.

Basketball and football do not give full rides to everyone on the roster. For basketball, teams have 13 scholarships (not all of which are always awarded) and will dress 13 players on game day. But, some scholarship kids will redshirt and kids will be injured. The difference is made up of walk ons -- non scholarship players. There are many more athletes involved in fielding an NCAA team than the number of scholarship players. Teams will have a practice squad that will learn the plays of opponents and scrimmage against the rotation players in practice. Walk ons will sometimes move between those groups.

[Anonymous]

Easiest sport is probably underwater basket weaving

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Basketball and football are the only sports to give full rides for everyone on the roster.

Every other sports get a handful and spread the wealth amongst the team in the form of partial. So consider spending tons of money on your kid and unless DC is absolute beast, the odds of getting full ride are not that great outside of those 2 sports.

You forgot women’s volleyball, tennis, and gymnastics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basketball and football are the only sports to give full rides for everyone on the roster.

Every other sports get a handful and spread the wealth amongst the team in the form of partial. So consider spending tons of money on your kid and unless DC is absolute beast, the odds of getting full ride are not that great outside of those 2 sports.

You forgot women’s volleyball, tennis, and gymnastics.

Forgot what exactly?

[Anonymous]

Men's tennis - fewer programs, and generally the scholarships available are split amongst the team. Most teams recruit European and South American players that are good enough to play in lower level pro tournaments but not quite ready to make the step to the biggest tournaments where you really make money. They still have college eligibility because the money they made from the smaller tournaments was offset by traveling and coaching expenses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basketball and football are the only sports to give full rides for everyone on the roster.

Every other sports get a handful and spread the wealth amongst the team in the form of partial. So consider spending tons of money on your kid and unless DC is absolute beast, the odds of getting full ride are not that great outside of those 2 sports.

You forgot women’s volleyball, tennis, and gymnastics.

Those are the other "head count" sports (and only women's gymnastics, not men's). It doesn't mean that's how big the team is, or that every scholarship athlete gets a full one, but it means that they have X scholarships that can only go to X athletes and not be divided between athletes like other sports.

[Anonymous]

Sports that you don't have to be rich to play because then your kid is competing with everyone. If you pick an expensive sport, such as ice hockey, your kid is competing against a pretty small share of the population. This is also part of the reason basketball is a tougher sport for scholarships/being recruited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Men's tennis - fewer programs, and generally the scholarships available are split amongst the team. Most teams recruit European and South American players that are good enough to play in lower level pro tournaments but not quite ready to make the step to the biggest tournaments where you really make money. They still have college eligibility because the money they made from the smaller tournaments was offset by traveling and coaching expenses.

Yes this based on that chart there a .4 percent chance to get a scholarship at d1 for an American . Lmao

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sports that you don't have to be rich to play because then your kid is competing with everyone. If you pick an expensive sport, such as ice hockey, your kid is competing against a pretty small share of the population. This is also part of the reason basketball is a tougher sport for scholarships/being recruited.

Yes, this is a way to prevent having to compete with poor kids are may be more athletic.

[Anonymous]

Hardest team to make? Basketball.

Hardest sport to get a scholarship? Volleyball. In particular, beach (sand) volleyball.

https://whattobecome.com/blog/college-sport-scholarships/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hardest team to make? Basketball.

Hardest sport to get a scholarship? Volleyball. In particular, beach (sand) volleyball.

https://whattobecome.com/blog/college-sport-scholarships/

Lol ok w/beach volleyball