Originally Posted by Anonymous
This isn't just about lacrosse. Offering an extra year of eligibility to every spring athlete is a huge financial burden on schools if they expand the number of scholarships for each sport. Adding 3 additional scholarships per sport is over 100k per school per sport on average and considering none of these sports make the schools money why would they do this? I know some coaches have already talked to their seniors and told them they would love to have them back, but that there won't be any scholarship money for them.


I don't see it as a financial burden on the schools. It's not like they're paying out cash to the athletes, they're just not collecting from them. And if they didn't have the extra year of eligibility they wouldn't be coming back to school. So money-wise it's really just an extra body on campus and on the team. The bigger impact is if the scholarship numbers stay the same and the money has to be redistributed with the incoming players - but still doesn't cost the school any more or less.