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Re: 2008-09 Recruits
One of JoeBoo's questions was whether the athletic dept has to actually pay the school the amount of the scholarship or whether the athlete is given, as JoeBoo characterized it, a "free education". SDSU, like most colleges and universities, requires the athletic dept to come up with the money. Some schools, however, give what amounts to a tuition waiver for scholarship athletes. In those cases, the athletic department does not have to pay the school. Of course, the money has to come from somewhere...so, in the tuition waiver cases, the cost of bringing in a student on an athletic scholarship is spread out in some fashion (it could be from a combination of sources such as student fees, contributions from the school's foundation, receipts from athletic programs, etc.). There's no free lunch.
I have been told by a college coach that he'd rather have the tuition waiver situation because the coaches are not constantly bothered by fundraising (but, somebody is doing it!).
Some schools do not give athletic scholarships (e.g. Ivy League) but who are they kidding? Many of their athletes are on scholarships but they're called academic scholarships.
SDSU's athletic department benefits greatly when a recruited athlete is a great student and is awarded an academic scholarship. In that case, the athletic department does not have to come up with the money (and, I think more importantly, the coaches have one less kid to worry about in terms of classroom performance).
I believe the overwhelming majority of schools handle athletic scholarships just like we do at SDSU.
One of JoeBoo's questions was whether the athletic dept has to actually pay the school the amount of the scholarship or whether the athlete is given, as JoeBoo characterized it, a "free education". SDSU, like most colleges and universities, requires the athletic dept to come up with the money. Some schools, however, give what amounts to a tuition waiver for scholarship athletes. In those cases, the athletic department does not have to pay the school. Of course, the money has to come from somewhere...so, in the tuition waiver cases, the cost of bringing in a student on an athletic scholarship is spread out in some fashion (it could be from a combination of sources such as student fees, contributions from the school's foundation, receipts from athletic programs, etc.). There's no free lunch.
I have been told by a college coach that he'd rather have the tuition waiver situation because the coaches are not constantly bothered by fundraising (but, somebody is doing it!).
Some schools do not give athletic scholarships (e.g. Ivy League) but who are they kidding? Many of their athletes are on scholarships but they're called academic scholarships.
SDSU's athletic department benefits greatly when a recruited athlete is a great student and is awarded an academic scholarship. In that case, the athletic department does not have to come up with the money (and, I think more importantly, the coaches have one less kid to worry about in terms of classroom performance).
I believe the overwhelming majority of schools handle athletic scholarships just like we do at SDSU.
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