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Michigan State, Wisconsin - walkons declined legit Div-1 offers

I hope they come from well to do families. Because if it was my son, I'd slap him upside the head and tell him good luck paying for that.
 
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They will be the 14th or 15th guys on the roster.....will play in garbage time unless Wisky and MSU had some big misses in recruiting.
 
All three players mentioned in these articles would improve our roster. We have given scholarships to lesser players.
 
If the kid comes from Edina he likely is from a well to do family.

The other kid is a 20 game starter at the D-1 level as a frosh and the Horizon is not a bad league. It's better than the NEC I'll guarantee you that.

That's a great freebie.
 
The allure of just suiting up for a big time program and all the benefits that come with it vs. playing many more minutes at a small school is the debate here. Having a spot on a big time program is hard to turn down especially if you know you probably won't be playing professional basketball after college and of course if your family can afford it. Being on the basketball team of a big time school has that "big man on campus" social status that plays a big part here or going to a small commuter school for example with much less support. I don't blame these kids for walking on whatsoever.
 
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gordel1 said:
The allure of just suiting up for a big time program and all the benefits that come with it vs. playing many more minutes at a small school is the debate here. Having a spot on a big time program is hard to turn down especially if you know you probably won't be playing professional basketball after college and of course if your family can afford it. Being on the basketball team of a big time school has that "big man on campus" social status that plays a big part here or going to a small commuter school for example with much less support. I don't blame these kids for walking on whatsoever.
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Affordability is a non-issue at school with deep pockets. They find ways to get money to non-athletic scholarship participants. Dominant college baseball and lacrosse programs have mastered the art of dealing with non-athletic scholarship players and their families. Dominant football and hoops programs, which rely less on non-athletic scholarship players, have ways to get it done, too.
 
No they don't----football and hoops walkons are walkons--------that's it.
 
TDIrish27 said:
No they don't----football and hoops walkons are walkons--------that's it.
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I think he means that they point out a grant or some financial aid the kid may qualify for.

Being a walk-on simply means the player does not have an NCAA scholarship to play basketball at the school. It does not mean that the kid isn't getting financial aid.
 
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Russ Wood said:
I think he means that they point out a grant or some financial aid the kid may qualify for.

Being a walk-on simply means the player does not have an NCAA scholarship to play basketball at the school. It does not mean that the kid isn't getting financial aid.
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Absolutely. And the party line says that those athletes have to qualify for the aid like any other student at the school. Sure.
 
RU-Choppin-Ohio said:
They will be the 14th or 15th guys on the roster.....will play in garbage time unless Wisky and MSU had some big misses in recruiting.
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Wisconsin has a history of playing walkons in basketball. This past year they had a former walkon (Zak Showalter) as a starter.
 
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Wisconsin has a history of playing walkons in basketball. This past year they had a former walkon (Zak Showalter) as a starter.
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You are correct and recruits probably know that. Wisconsin is probably a good landing spot.
 
One things a lot of people are not aware of is that players on scholarship who are also eligible for Pell Grant, do receive money. It can be a pretty big stipend.
 
Close to $ 3,000 a semester-----one check at the beginning of the semester for a max qualifier.

Every school on signing day asks the kid to fill out that form and includes it in their Fed Ex package with their Grant In Aid.
 
RBNY87 said:
One things a lot of people are not aware of is that players on scholarship who are also eligible for Pell Grant, do receive money. It can be a pretty big stipend.
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Serious question as I am not well versed in aid money. If a kid is on a full scholarship why would s/he need to get Pell or any other aid
 
I went to a small Michigan Div III college in the 1970's that had a similar but slightly different situation. A basketball player with legitimate Div. I offers (he had Dean Smith and Bobby Knight at his games) chose to go to a school that couldn't offer athletic scholarships. In his case, a Christian college education was more important to him.
 
Russ Wood said:
I think he means that they point out a grant or some financial aid the kid may qualify for.

Being a walk-on simply means the player does not have an NCAA scholarship to play basketball at the school. It does not mean that the kid isn't getting financial aid.
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There are other ways, also - like well-paid part-time / summer jobs, promise of a ship the following year if they earn PT, etc. can't blame the kids for trying.
 
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