2024 Baseball Transfer Portal

[CajunVic]

Who got the money?

Themselves. Follow it.

that is flat out stupid

[sportsfanatic21]

That was my first thought too. Then remembered Houston is moving to the Big 12

[Rainman66]

Already answered.

It doesn’t cost the school a dime to put another student in the classroom.

Because of that, the athletic department never cuts a check to academics.

It's all paper cup accounting

Three things:

1. You are not putting another student in the classroom. Increasing scholarships does not mean increasing rosters. Those athletes are already students.

2. You are correct in saying it doesn't cost the university anything, and it is all accounting, but it does need to happen for NCAA and Title IX purposes.

3. What I don't know, and have never been able to get good answers on, is, outside of scholarships, what are the additional cost of scholarship versus non-scholarship athletes. I would think room & board, but wonder if insurance, food, etc come into play.

[CajunT]

Seems like a lateral move

I think perhaps today it looks that way, but Houston is still in the new look Big 12. A better conference when it comes to media markets.

[Turbine]

that is flat out stupid

Pretty smart of them of you ask me (not that you did or will) they give out the money out and accept it right back.

[CajunVic]

Pretty smart of them of you ask me (not that you did or will) they give out the money out and accept it right back.

then it goes to coaching, travel cost, meals, equipment, facilities, professors, maintenance staff, janitors, electricians, plumbers, yard maintenance, recruiting, paint, lumber, lawn mowers, and every single other expense it costs to provide an education for the $20,000,000 of students under scholarship

[Turbine]

then it goes to coaching, travel cost, meals, equipment, facilities, professors, maintenance staff, janitors, electricians, plumbers, yard maintenance, recruiting, paint, lumber, lawn mowers, and every single other expense it costs to provide an education for the $20,000,000 of students under scholarship

Money they are spending regardless if scholarships are 11.5 or 25

[CajunVic]

Money they are spending regardless if scholarships are 11.5 or 25

so where between one scholarship and $20mm of scholarships does it cost . . .

[HoustonCajun]

Three things:

1. You are not putting another student in the classroom. Increasing scholarships does not mean increasing rosters. Those athletes are already students.

2. You are correct in saying it doesn't cost the university anything, and it is all accounting, but it does need to happen for NCAA and Title IX purposes.

3. What I don't know, and have never been able to get good answers on, is, outside of scholarships, what are the additional cost of scholarship versus non-scholarship athletes. I would think room & board, but wonder if insurance, food, etc come into play.

So, with only 11.5 scholarships to give, are those shared in some way among the 25 players or do only 12 players get scholarships and the other 13 have to pay their way? Is it the same for softball? Seems like an unfair system to me. It doesn't have to be that way. Just offer scholarships to all baseball and softball players for equality under Title 9.

Also, how do scholarships work for other sports like T&F, golf (only men), soccer and volleyball (only women). Do only football and basketball have scholarships for all players (men and women)? If so, why not other sports if everyone gets scholarships?

Lastly, if schools are set on DEI (and I think UL is under Dr. S), wouldn't it be interesting to apply that to athletics. If course, no one wants to see that in athletics or any other field for that matter, but it does illustrate the ridiculousness of DEI.

[Rainman66]

So, with only 11.5 scholarships to give, are those shared in some way among the 25 players or do only 12 players get scholarships and the other 13 have to pay their way? Is it the same for softball? Seems like an unfair system to me. It doesn't have to be that way. Just offer scholarships to all baseball and softball players for equality under Title 9.

Also, how do scholarships work for other sports like T&F, golf (only men), soccer and volleyball (only women). Do only football and basketball have scholarships for all players (men and women)? If so, why not other sports if everyone gets scholarships?

Lastly, if schools are set on DEI (and I think UL is under Dr. S), wouldn't it be interesting to apply that to athletics. If course, no one wants to see that in athletics or any other field for that matter, but it does illustrate the ridiculousness of DEI.

Every school is different, but it is VERY RARE for a baseball player to be on a full ride scholarship.

Because of Title IX, most (if not all) female sports are full ride, otherwise it would be really difficult to ever get to an equal number of scholarships, simply because of football. For men's sports outside of football and basketball, I only know that baseball is 11.5 scholarships.

I ASSUME that golf and tennis are all on full scholarship because of the low numbers and how many foreign players are in those sports, I would think it would be difficult for them to attend on partial scholarships. T&F has so many participants I would think it is like baseball, but don't have any information on it. Pretty sure the board has some former T&F athletes who can provide really good information on that topic.

[Policarp]

Off campus housing, meal stipend and Cost of Attendance are the hard tangible expenses. That's money/expense to others vs paying yourself.

[RaginDave]

Nichols ace pitcher Jacob Mayers is in the portal. He is from Gonzales. Be interesting to see where he ends up. Keep an eye on Arkansas state.