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Everything above the 20.5m has to be legit and approved nil. Can’t just promise that I would think?
But they are and likely have commitments in place before offering. Supposedly, the clearing house has approved everything, except for submissions with errors.
 
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A lot of D3 kids are at that school to play a sport. They know they won’t go pro but they find a major that works while they play at that school. Waldorf once told me that 83-86% of their students play a sport there. That’s why they have so many, so students come.
Oh, I know. I was a D-III athlete.

But almost all of us chose the school for the academics over other D-III schools where we could compete. Plenty of kids across all the sports could have competed D-II. In fact, we more than occasionally beat D-II schools in several sports.

However, D-I caliber athletes were few and far between. I can’t think of a single football or basketball player during my time who would have seen playing time at an average FCS school.
 
We don't have 20 additional scholarships. We are staying at 85 with 20 walkons.

Most likely the longsnapper will have a scholly

What is the athletic department charged for a scholarship? Or is there some NCAA benefit to staying at 85?

Seems like an unnecessary handicap.
 
What is the athletic department charged for a scholarship? Or is there some NCAA benefit to staying at 85?

Seems like an unnecessary handicap.
Title IX requires equal scholarship opportunities for both men and women and we are not in a position to add a new sport.
 
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Oh, I know. I was a D-III athlete.

But almost all of us chose the school for the academics over other D-III schools where we could compete. Plenty of kids across all the sports could have competed D-II. In fact, we more than occasionally beat D-II schools in several sports.

However, D-I caliber athletes were few and far between. I can’t think of a single football or basketball player during my time who would have seen playing time at an average FCS school.
NAIA is a huge step up from D3. Quite a few d1 athletes will drop down to that level. The D2s I knew that were borderline D1 typically were players that had been injured and the uncertainty of recovery held them from D1.
 
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What is the athletic department charged for a scholarship? Or is there some NCAA benefit to staying at 85?

Seems like an unnecessary handicap.

Whatever room, board and tuition is. Approx. $43k per year for an out of state student. So just short of an additional $1M.

The handicap is we can't afford more expenses.
 
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A lot of D3 kids are at that school to play a sport. They know they won’t go pro but they find a major that works while they play at that school. Waldorf once told me that 83-86% of their students play a sport there. That’s why they have so many, so students come.

Some of D3 schools use sports to prop up lagging enrollment. The kids bring their Pell Grants, Scholarship, Student Loan, etc. cash to help cover the universities/colleges operating costs.
 
I mean...its just more money that we already don't have funded.

And I'm guessing additional football scholarships means more women's scholarships somewhere.
Ahh, yeah. It probably does for Title IX.

I’m ignorant of the financials of the athletic department though and hoped the actual cost of a scholarship was pennies on the dollar.
 
Now build the oline. Don’t let the 2 visiting out of Ames
Probably why the QB news is out tonight. They would want to know who they're blocking for, and once you tell them it's not going to be a secret any more. Hopefully JFR locks them down.
 

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