Scholarship Count

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Scholarship Count
« on: May 19, 2011, 11:23:39 PM »
Did some research as many have had the following questions.

1) Could God's Gift be given an academic scholarship and not count against the 13 scholarship limit?

Essentially No but there is an exception.  If he played right away he would count against the scholarship count.  In order to not count against the scholarship limit he would need to sit out a year AND achieve a GPA of 3.3.




Excerpt from Division 1 Manual:
15.5 MAXIMUM INSTITUTIONAL GRANT-IN -AID LIMITATIONS BY SPORT

15.5.1.1 No Athletics Aid—Certification Required. A student-athlete (except for a recruited football or basketball student-athlete) who does not receive athletically related financial aid per Bylaw 15.5.1-(a) through Bylaw 15.5.1-(c) but receives institutional financial aid (as set forth in Bylaw 15.02.4.1) shall not be a counter if the faculty athletics representative and the director of financial aid that the student-athlete’s financial aid have certified was granted without regard in any degree to athletics ability. The certification shall be kept on file in the office of the athletics director.

15.5.1.2 Football or Basketball, Varsity Competition. In football or basketball, a student-athlete who was recruited by the awarding institution and who receives institutional financial aid (as set forth in Bylaw 15.02.4.1) granted without regard in any degree to athletics ability does not have to be counted until the student-athlete engages in varsity intercollegiate competition (as opposed to freshman, B-team, subvarsity, intramural or club competition) in those sports. For this provision to be applicable, there shall be on file in the office
of the athletics director certification by the faculty athletics representative, the admissions officer and the chair of the financial aid committee that the student’s admission and financial aid were granted without regard in any degree to athletics ability. (Revised: 1/16/93 effective 8/1/93, 1/11/94, 6/20/04)

15.5.1.2.2 Exception—Receipt of Institutional Academic Aid Only. In football or basketball, a student-athlete who was recruited by the awarding institution and whose only source of institutional financial aid is academic aid based solely on the recipient’s academic record at the certifying institution, awarded independently of athletics interests and in amounts consistent with the pattern of all such awards made by the institution, may compete without counting in the institution’s financial aid team limits, provided he or she has completed at least one academic year of full-time enrollment at the certifying institution and has achieved a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.300 (on a 4.000 scale) at the certifying institution. (Adopted: 10/27/05 effective 8/1/06)




2) Could Amir Garrett accept a baseball scholarship and not count as a basketball scholarship? 

No.

Excerpt from Division 1 Manual:
15.5.9 Multi-Sport Participants.
15.5.9.2 Basketball. A counter who practices or competes in basketball and one or more other sports (other than football) shall be counted in basketball.
« Last Edit: May 19, 2011, 11:26:43 PM by jumpinjohnny »
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Re: Scholarship Count
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2011, 11:33:17 AM »
Great job JJ!

So when Donovan Mcnabb played ball for Syracuse, he counted as a basketball scholarship? Tony Gonzalez at Cal? Or maybe it was adopted afterwards

Re: Scholarship Count
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2011, 11:36:44 AM »
Great job JJ!

So when Donovan Mcnabb played ball for Syracuse, he counted as a basketball scholarship? Tony Gonzalez at Cal? Or maybe it was adopted afterwards

Marco, Mcnabb would have been counted as football even with that rule in play. If you look at the rule it says other than football. Meaning, if you play basketball and football, you count as football. But if you play basketball and any other sport, you would count as basketball.