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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4651858, member: 591"] But it is different in general. If you play women's basketball, you have a full scholarship. Football (FBS) and Men's Basketball as well. Apparently, women's volleyball, tennis and gymnastics also get "full rides". These are called "head count" sports, as the number of players is controlled. In the other sports, it is a total scholarship amount (as noted, 12.5 in softball) that can be divided up any way the coach / school wants. This, rather than number of players, is the controlling factor. Someone could have a full scholarship, someone else a partial, all on the same team. What it is all intended to do, of course, is level the playing field. NIL has probably upset that apple cart, but it prevents a school like Oklahoma - who is so good in Softball, for example - from being able to ensure all players are on scholarship while a school like maybe Binghamton couldn't afford the additional price. And besides, at least in the past, schools were not required to offer the full complement available in the sport. It was a big deal at Rutgers when the decision was made to make the maximum amount available to all the non head count sports. [/QUOTE]