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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here,

I have more questions.  If he goes to a school that recruits him, and gets aid, is he then required to play all 4 years?  What if he's injured, or wants to pursue something else?  Or what if he comes out of puberty and it turns out he's not as good as people seem to expect?  [/quote]
They don’t want a kid playing a sport who isn’t helping the school win.  Most schools dont recruit, unless the kid is advanced enough to immediately go in and compete at the varsity level or close.
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That doesn't really answer the question.  A kid who is good enough to play varsity as a freshman can still get injured or change his mind.

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It answers part of the question.  OP asked about a kid who isn’t good after puberty.  Recruiting coaches try to protect the schools from that.  
A kid who just doesn’t want to play anymore or can’t play anymore, won’t lose financial aid or kicked out of school.  
Maybe those answers are more to your liking.[/quote]

But you didn’t answer.  My kid is really good now.  Everyone who sees him agrees.  But he’s also a kid who has a lot of growing to do, and I know plenty of kids like that who end up sidelined by some kind of growth related issue, Osgood-Schlatter or whatever.  So, it’s a reasonable worry.[/quote]

You will have problems understanding this because you don’t understand how Financial Aid at private high school works.

College athletic scholarships are given a year at a time. The school / athletic department can choose not to renew a scholarship for any reason. All of this is spelled out in the NCAA rules.

But since high school is completely DIFFERENT, you can’t apply anything you know (or think you know) to the situation.

Financial Aid is NOT a scholarship, although it is also given on a yearly basis. The financial aid package a freshman gets isn’t guaranteed for four years.

Who gets Financial Aid and how much they get is decided by a school committee after the student is deemed to be acceptable and that includes academically and socially acceptable. So it’s not based solely on anticipated athletic contribution.

If a student no longer can or chooses not to play, it’s unlikely the school is going to withdraw the financial aid as long as the kid’s academic and social behavior are up to the standard. That’s because his or her financial aid was not tied only to athletics in the first place. The kids financial aid is already baked into the ongoing plan.

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