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[QUOTE="EdSaid, post: 4620436, member: 10651"]
The first thing a college coach or student athlete learns is "the business of sports is business." Most college coaches have pulled scholarships (officially they are called athletic grant in aid and they are renewable annually). Aside from the Power 5 conferences, all you have to do is notify the student athlete in writing by July 1 and the scholarship is gone. No reason needed.

About eight years ago, the power 5 conferences agreed to not pull scholarships for athletic reasons. In addition the student-athlete must maintain eligibility and comply by team/college rules. Some athletes don't want to follow rules or go to class. A lot of coaches like to call it addition by subtraction. Some of these kids get on campus and go nuts.

So, the answer to the question is yes coaches can pull scholarships. Today it comes with a nice press release, saying the student is entering the transfer portal and we wish them well, blah, blah, blah. Behind the scenes, student athlete is told your scholarship is gone, good bye. Real world stuff.
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