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Discussion in 'Free Speech Alley' started by Don Castavez, Aug 18, 2019.

  1. HalloweenRun

    HalloweenRun Founding Member

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    Agree. Your nephews are in the minority. Good on them.
     
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  2. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    And college baseball only allows about 11 1/2 scholarships any nobody gets a full ride unless they are a superstar like Alex Bregman or Aaron Nola. Pell Grants to players give LSU an additional over teams from states that don't have them.
     
  3. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Louisiana has too many community colleges. There is a large one in Baton Rouge but I have seen a few in or near small towns within easy driving range of here. The town of Gonzales is only about 25 miles away yet they have a community college.

    There are too many state universities too. 10 in a state with the population of Louisiana is too many. Why not consolidate a few of them and provide a better education for students while spending the same amount or less money.
     
  4. LSUpride123

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    Unless you are a private school....
     
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  5. uscvball

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    Dude....the scholarship limit destroyed USC baseball. Let's say a talented kid in SoCal gets a partial offer from both USC and ucla. ucla is roughly $36k for the year to attend. USC is $71k. The EFC under that scenario for USC would be ridiculous. There's a reason why they have a good baseball program now....as do Fullerton, Irvine, and a bunch of other CA state schools. Stanford has been good but not great however their endowment is off the charts.
     
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  6. LSUpride123

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    Vandy figured it out. You can effectively have a bunch of bullshit “educational” scholarships baseball players can get.

    Not many of the Vandy players pay much, if any.
     
  7. uscvball

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    Vandy, like others, participates in scholarship stacking. USC doesn't. And I thought LSU had a program where kids from La who maintain a certain GPA and stay home going to LSU get a free ride.

    Most every team that has been in the hunt for the last decade has something.
     
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