Partial Scholarships

Submitted by michman999 on
I apologize in advance if this subject was previously addressed. Question: I understand that with lesser profile sports - say soccer for example - partial scholarships are offered at most universities to facilitate a full roster of players. Is this practiced in football as well, or is football full ride only?
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Tim

January 14th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^

Only full rides are available in football and basketball. I believe in other sports, there's a maximum (less than 100%) scholarship amount for each player.

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Trebor

January 14th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^

I know in hockey at least, you can give up to 100% to each player as long as you don't exceed a total of 18 scholarships amongst the team. Edit: Actually, after some googling, it looks like most sports only have a minimum amount you can offer, i.e. each scholarship is worth between X and 100%.

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Tacopants

January 14th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^

Football scholarships are limited in number. Only 85 athletes can be on scholarship at any given time. In soccer, there's a hard cap of scholarships (say, 20) that can be distributed in any way among any number of players.

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Bronco648

January 14th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^

Are (football) scholarships offered from year-to-year or in 4 (or 5) year blocks? I thought this is what you meant by "partial". I've read posts that say certain players won't be offered a fifth year on scholarship.

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