broncobob Wrote:DFW HOYA Wrote:Does Georgetown offer football scholarships now?
In the Patriot League, recruits are offered grants, but they are based solely on need. Given that tuition can be expensive at these schools (next year's tuition, room, and board at Georgetown will top $42,260), most recruits will qualify for need. However, if a CEO's son wants to play, chances are he won't get a grant regardless of ability. The schools also enforce what is called an academic index, which limits the numbers of recruits within various GPA and SAT strata.
By the NCAA's definition, this is not an athletic scholarship, though the schools actively recruit and sign players to grants also considering A-10, Southern, and some lower-tier Big East scholarship offers. Because of this, some schools spend a lot on the sport in the PL--Colgate and Holy Cross' football budgets are well over $2.5 million, which is about as much as some Sun Belt teams.
As to the original point of the thread, I think there are changes ahead in I-AA, but the BCS' hold on the I-A money isn't going away either. The concern is that the Big Sky, Southern, MEAC, SWAC, and Gateway could all try for I-A and still be shut out by the bigger schools for the financial windfalls that BCS schools enjoy.