Oh, I’ve heard the parents bragging about the ‘full ride’ athletic scholarships when I know full well that the scholarship is not full, not even half. My daughter has a teammate whose father went on and on about the full ride in front of the high school parents, and I know the top scholarship from the team was about 1/3 of COA. The girl might have had other funding that added up to full COA, but it wasn’t athletic money.
I got over it. Sort of.
The stipends are going to be given at the big schools, not in D2, and probably not at schools that have tight budgets in D1. I don’t think it will be enough money in the non-head count sports to matter.