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[quote=Anonymous]My DS plays baseball and he is in the recruiting process right now (he's in high school.)  We have educated ourselves on the money situation in baseball.  And if he is recruited to play D1 baseball, we are very aware of how little money he is going to get.

In baseball, each team is allowed to carry 35 players.  Only 27 are allowed to get any money, so right off the bat, 8 of the team members get $0.  The schools are only allowed to give out 11.5 scholarships.  Usually the coaches will divide that money up but a player has to get at least 25%.  And a program might not be fully funded.  For the sake of easy math, if tuition and room and board is $10,000 (i know that's low), a fully funded program would have $115,000 to dole out to 27 players.  But the program may only be given a budget of $100,000 so they are $15,000 short.  And the money is guaranteed for only the one year.  So if a player doesn't perform, the coach may keep the athlete on the team the second year but not offer any money.[/quote]

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