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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always wonder what % of these kids are actually getting sports scholarships? Are all these swimmers, x country, field hockey, women's hockey, volleyball players going to college for 100% free (tuition & room and board)? [/quote]

Not at all. There are very few sports where all the players get a full ride. Men’s and women’s D1 basketball, football, women’s volleyball, maybe one or two others. Here’s a good source: http://scholarshipstats.com/ncaalimits.html In the sport I’m most familiar with, soccer, women’s D1 teams have a total of 14 scholarships per team and men have 9.9, and most are split among the 25-30 players per team.  D3 schools and ivies don’t offer athletic scholarships at all.

I’m not really sure why OP wants to see the non-revenue sports abolished. They attract students to schools and are a small fraction of school budgets. I do know a lot of parents who are resentful that athletes get accepted to elite schools and like to push a narrative that all the athletes are dumb and contribute nothing to campuses. Mostly sour grapes IMO.

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Yup. The whining seems ignorant more than anything.[/quote]

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