Best post of the day! Excellent job coach!
Some coaches forget to explain this clearly:
FCS Football:
โข63 scholarships total
โข90 players on the roster
โขAverage scholarship value: ~$14,000
(FCS programs do not have 90 full rides โ those 63 are split across the entire team.)
Division II:
โข36 scholarships total
โข90 players on the roster
โขAverage scholarship value: ~$6,000
(D2 schools also split scholarships. Very few players receive anything close to a full ride.)
NAIA:
โข24 scholarships total
โข90 players on the roster
โขAverage scholarship value: ~$8,400
This is exactly why coaches tell athletes to take academics seriously.
Everybody is not getting a full ride.
Most athletes are getting partial athletic aid academic aid grants just to get their balance down.
So when a coach says your balance is $0, that usually means they used your academics first, then added some football money to close the gap.