D1 equivalency sports granted more leeway with scholarship limits
Effective Aug. 1, 2020, teams will not have any athletes’ need- and academic-based aid count against a team’s maximum athletic scholarship limit. Prior to this rule change, athletes had to meet certain criteria for their additional aid to not be counted against the athletic scholarship limit. Student-athletes can now stack as much need-based aid and academic scholarships onto an athletic scholarship as they can secure. This makes academics more important than ever to give recruits an edge in securing scholarship money -- especially at pricier private colleges.