I understand it's not an NCAA regulatory issue, but was wondering if it was common practice for schools to allow out-of-state recruits/students to be given in-state status. Don't know if each school can make that determination or since they are a "state" school, is it determined by a governing body in that state? I'm thinking if lacrosse coaches can get their school to give them in-state status for ou-of-state recruits, they may be able to get more recruits interested in their school due to lower cost. Otherwise, the cost of attending an out-of-state public schools can be as much as some of the private schools.
You are thinking in terms of MONEY, not scholarship counts. From an NCAA perspective, a 0.25 scholarship for $10,000 and a 0.25 scholarship for $2,500 are EXACTLY the same - 25%. The cash value has no meaning.
If you are then talking about how the remaining 75% is funded (hence in-state making it cheaper for the family paying the bill), wouldn't it be the case that every out-of-state student could then be considered "in-state"? This has to do with the primary bill payer's residence and a variety of legal issues tied to that. Certainly, this is not in-scope for the athletic department.
As for the cost of a state school for out-of-state students, the best examples of paying increased pricing would be Penn State, University of Michigan, and the University of Virginia.
