Originally Posted by Anonymous
when you wrote, "Remember this is the exception more than the rule" to mean that few schools adjust athletic grants downward? If yes, it would seem that is a simple question for parents or athletes to clarify.
Yes. While we have spent a couple of posts talking about the downgrading of awards, it is the exception rather than the rule. Among the 40+ placements that we mentioned earlier, I have seen this happen twice and it has been reported on our sister soccer site several times. The analysis there provides a great deal of soccer insight directly applicable to our Lacrosse community.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
Your earlier post stated that an athlete would be too proud to broadcast that their college reneged on their deal. If the athlete went to their high school club and/or school coach and quietly informed them, do you think that same coach could allow a future athlete to accept an offer from that college without informing them about the the prior reneging?
The player with a downgraded award would be a rising sophomore or rising junior (typically). These student-athletes are typically now several years past their high school teachers. However, the number of high school coaches that maintain any type of serious weight with recruiting traffic can be counted on one hand in the Long Island area.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
Some girls can be program changers. Aside from the ethical issues, do you think that is a good business risk? They may never know why they lost a program changer in a recruiting battle.
Program changers are never the ones that experience a stipend cut without having some attitude or work-habits problems.

On the ethics question, the "sports" deal is for one year. If the awards changes, that is not a question of ethics, but one of pure economics. Now, if the player/family take the coach's full ride comment as gospel, that is a problem with educating the lacrosse community on the risks of the promised "full ride".

Again, the point of jumping into this thread is to provide some clarity on the subject. Let's allow this thread to continue to discuss the Yellow Jackets and we can continue this Lacrosse Scholarship discussion on the BOTC College Board. Sound good?