Originally Posted by Anonymous
My daughter is a yj and most probably be offered a 50% ride and if we are lucky some academic $.
A 0.50 offer is an outstanding initial offer for an entering freshman candidate. Given the number of recruited players, BOTN/BOTC have often pointed out that pure numbers indicate that a 0.25 offer is a solid offer with 0.50 being a homerun (to coin the baseball term). All of these offers can be augmented with grants, financial aid, and academic scholarships.

The controversy starts when these other three sources of funding are mixed together with the athletic money and creates a "full ride" concept. Many readers assume the "full ride" is created from athletics alone which is a mistake.

Also remember that athletic contracts (and yes, these are contracts) are issued and renewed each year at college. Hence, the idea of a guaranteed four-year ride is another collegiate sports myth.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
Women's lacrosse is a different animal than soccer so if you are uniformed please research.
Actually, we disagree here entirely. From an NCAA compliance and recruiting perspective, women's lacrosse and women's soccer are incredibly similar. Athletic directors will confirm this for you during your on-campus visits if you choose to speak with them.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
There are a FEW that will get a full ride. Those few are amazing and yes they probably would be able to get that even if they were with another club.
Institutions will do everything possible to find other sources of funding (grants) before allocating their athletic money which is highly regulated by the NCAA Compliance function. Creating packages is a balancing act in the athletics office that is more difficult than one might initially believe.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
I would love to know if all these negative comments are from one former disgruntled YJ -and if not those parents have every opportunity to leave and go to TG or liberty.
While you can disagree, the comments on this thread, both positive and negative are coming from dozens of different sources on a daily/weekly basis. This is not a discussion being led by one individual.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
As a last note most of the people I have seen complaining - in person of course- are the fathers who have coached their daughters and think that they are the best players.
This is a good example where a premier league structure based here in the Northeast would actually help answer this question. By having a tiered league structure, as opposed to selected tournaments, you tend to get a collection of the best teams and players in a single structure - which provides a much better pecking order of the teams.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
Most of the time these players are great at their school level and when they get to yj or maybe even another club the parent fails to see that all he taught his kid was how to shoot and neglected to teach them stick skills which is the game. Good luck to everyone.
This is very true. Seeing deeper competition is what drives the game beyond shooting and scoring to skills which are needed to play against other top defenses and offenses. Thanks very much for your post. Some excellent points here.