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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With only a very few exceptions, the only full ride D1 athletic scholarships (for males at least) are for football and basketball. All others are partials. Half if lucky, but more likely 1/3 or 1/4. That makes the D3 full scholarship boast even more absurd. [/quote]

Absolute horseshit. My nephew got a full ride for swimming and my coworkers sons- both of them- got full rides for baseball.[/quote]

Is your nephew a world class swimmer?  Full rides can happen but they are exceedingly rare. If he’s not heading to the Olympics he didn’t get a full ride. [/quote]

Again- thats me youre quoting, and yes, he is connected with the Olympics.[/quote]
Are you sure your coworker didn't say "my kid got a baseball scholarship," which you interpreted to be a "full scholarship" and you now know to be false?[/quote]

Am I sure I understand the situation of the guy who sits next to me from 8-5, M-F, 5 days a week for the last 6 years?  Yeah, I'm sure.[/quote]

Once more, the official D1 baseball scholarship policy is as follows:

D1 baseball programs can have up to 11.7 scholarships per team, but not every program awards the full allotment. The scholarships are equivalencies, meaning the value of the scholarships can be distributed among the team in different ways. Each scholarship athlete must receive at least 25% of the total program allotment.

Let's just say the total value of scholarships is 11.7 * $50,000 = $585,000.  You can give 11 players on a 50 man roster $50,000 and a 12th player $35,000.  Alternatively, you can give 46 players $12,500 each.  It's up to the coach to decide.  Typically it is somewhere between those extremes where like 50% of the team gets between 25% - 100%, and the rest get zero but they are on the team and are accepted to the college.[/quote]

No one cares about the D1 rules - they are a specifically talking D3.  There is a huge difference. [/quote]

Way to respond to a comment that was specific to a PP like 4 pages back...with just an out of left field comment.[/quote]

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