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Thanks for posting. That’s the exact sort of situation I was referring to. And congrats to your son! Good to know this stuff in a little more detail.

Interesting. Can’t say I’ve ever researched the rules. Just going off of experience and prior communications. I guess it just comes down to what fits into the referenced exemptions. Given how much academic scholarship Miami gives out, I have to imagine we’ve had numerous walk-ons in the past...

No, because the academic scholarships are based on specific laid out criteria (scale of GPA and test score) which are equally accessible to all accepted applicants. Further, the academic scholarships require achieving and maintaining a certain college GPA in order to keep the scholarship. Most...

You're misconstruing my post. I'm referencing Ivy league schools' practices of providing grants, reduced tuition, and aid to their football recruits in place of athletic scholarships. Further, he can have an academic scholarship at UM and it have no bearing on his ability to play in games...

Agreed Ivies don't really give athletic scholarships. To differing extents they can get creative with grant money and other forms of aid, but they don't have straight-up scholarship allotments like other D1 programs. With that said, if he had the grades to have a spot on multiple Ivy league...