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VTChip VTChip OP
Jul 24, 2024 at 05:50 PM ET
Per Yahoo, softball scholarships to move to 25 in 2025-25
From the story: “During a meeting Tuesday, power conference commissioners finalized new roster-size limits that pave the way for athletic departments to distribute millions of dollars in new scholarships to athletes in, most notably, football, baseball and softball. Conference officials with knowledge of the figures spoke to Yahoo Sports under condition of anonymity. “As part of the new revenue-sharing model — beginning in 2025-26 academic year — by-sport scholarship restrictions are eliminated, and schools are permitted to offer scholarships to the entirety of their rosters. The new roster limit figures are not final until the approval of House settlement terms. “Football, with a current scholarship restriction of 85, will now have a roster limit of 105 — a 20-scholarship increase for those schools willing to give the maximum. In an important note for football, the 105 may not be a requirement until the start of the competitive season, giving coaches flexibility to go beyond that figure during preseason camp, for instance. “Baseball, with a current scholarship restriction of 11.7, is expected to have a roster of 34. Scholarship spots for softball and volleyball, each currently at 12, will increase to 25 and 18, respectively. “In all, more than 60 additional scholarships are available for distribution in those five sports. As they do now, schools are not required to distribute scholarships to each player. For instance, many schools are unlikely to use a full 34 scholarships for baseball, choosing instead to offer grants to only a portion of its roster and leave walk-on opportunities.”

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VT_AD
Well crud - missed out on that free education for my kid!!
VTChip VTChip OP
Number of sports per ACC School
A great question was raised below on whether VT would fund the additional scholarships (assuming they are indeed approved). I found the number of sports currently sponsored by each ACC school interesting. Per the charts shown below (thanks Wikipedia), UNC sponsors teams in all 28 of the sports sponsored by the ACC, while Stanford currently has teams in 27 of the sports. On the other end, Georgia Tech only has 17 team and SMU has 16. Would the additional scholarships cause a school to consider cutting sports to pay for the additional scholarships? Just throwing it out there.
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delawarehokie
How about 100 or more of us donating $1,000 a year for the next 5 years?
I am in.
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RJHokie
Would take a lot more than that.
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UpperQuad
Install some luxury boxes?
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Hokiedanville
I guess the portal will explode to hugh numbers.
Don't get me wrong I'm happy about it allows more diamonds in the rough too work on their skills and get chance to play D-1.
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Techdady
Do you think Whit will approve of 25 softball scholarships?
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UpperQuad
He may need to if he wants to increase them for baseball or wrestling
He could fund one or two with ticket sale revenues. ** Edited by UpperQuad at 7/25/2024, 1:46:45 PM
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saret
Your last sentence is snarky, and I love it!
TomTurkey TomTurkey
🙄
VTChip VTChip OP
I think so, but who knows
Whit has indicated to me that he is a big fan of our softball program, but ultimately it comes down to dollars
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Brewing_Hokie
Good thing he’s ultimately responsible for the dollars!
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NokieHokie
I'm sure he would say that. Doesn't mean it's true.
laphroaig laphroaig
You don't really mean that! :-)
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saret
As people say, it's not what they say, but what they do.
laphroaig laphroaig
Whit-speak?