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Stupid question: Baseball scholarships
Posted on 4/21/26 at 6:52 am
Posted on 4/21/26 at 6:52 am
Are SEC teams limited to 11 scholarships and not the full roster, correct? Most SEC teams rely on in-state talent and partial scholarships, right? What was the “loophole” that Vanderbilt, as a private school, utilized?
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 7:04 am to GentleJackJones
Being private schools they dont have to report there scholarship numbers the same way we do. We are public and the goverment funds us so we have to acurately report how much the goverment is paying for each player. So vandy can give 100% scholarships to convince kids to not go to the mlb draft and when they report to the sec they say the kids only got a partial scholarship so they stay within the ncaa regulations for scholarship numbers. You can see why everyone in the country has been so up in arms about this over the years. Just another way for private schools to cheat the system and keep the “poor man” down!
Posted on 4/21/26 at 7:06 am to GentleJackJones
Starting this academic year (25/26), schools can give out 34 full scholarships. An increase from the previously 11.7 full scholarships allowed by NCAA
This post was edited on 4/21/26 at 7:07 am
Posted on 4/21/26 at 7:10 am to GentleJackJones
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Are SEC teams limited to 11 scholarships and not the full roster, correct?
Under the old system, there were 11.7 baseball scholarships, which were generally split across much of the roster (few, if any, on a roster had a full scholarship). Now it is 34.
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Most SEC teams rely on in-state talent and partial scholarships, right?
I don't think that is necessarily true.
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What was the “loophole” that Vanderbilt, as a private school, utilized?
It's the same rule that private schools in Louisiana used to get athletes. They offered needs-based scholarships that many of the athletes qualified for. Because it was offered to the student body as a whole, and they made sure the number of baseball students was not the majority of participants, they circumvented the 11.7. Schools like LSU could use TOPS for in-state students but not out of state like Vandy could.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:27 am to GentleJackJones
If you think baseball was bad, you should look at Track and Field. Also. Coss Country had to share scholarships with Track, even though it is two different sports, but cross country runners also run track.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:41 am to GentleJackJones
the NCAA listed sports in two categories
“counter” and “non-counter”
in a “counter” sport if an athlete receives any financial aid of any kind, that kid counts against that sport’s scholarship limit.
in “non-counter” sports, a kid that receives other financial aid does not count against your limit.
LSU would use programs like TOPs for in state kids, etc.
private schools can use all sorts of different programs, legacy scholarships, hardships, etc that just don’t exist at state run schools.
“counter” and “non-counter”
in a “counter” sport if an athlete receives any financial aid of any kind, that kid counts against that sport’s scholarship limit.
in “non-counter” sports, a kid that receives other financial aid does not count against your limit.
LSU would use programs like TOPs for in state kids, etc.
private schools can use all sorts of different programs, legacy scholarships, hardships, etc that just don’t exist at state run schools.
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