While the transformation of college athletics often focuses on football as the revenue engine and the biggest TV ratings sport, major changes are coming to baseball and softball that could double the allowable scholarships.
Baseball was for decades locked into a model with just 11.7 scholarships, with programs like Florida State able to chop those up those scholarships into pieces to cover just an athlete’s tuition, and/or books, meals and housing. And this is in a sport that allowed a roster of 40.
Softball was also set in a model with 12 scholarships, with coaches similarly able to break up the money into pieces.
Beginning in the 2025-26 athletics season, baseball programs could leap to 34 scholarships — a massive jump from 11.7 if FSU athletics can fund that many. Softball programs could jump to 25, also more than double in prior years and also based on funding.
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Baseball was for decades locked into a model with just 11.7 scholarships, with programs like Florida State able to chop those up those scholarships into pieces to cover just an athlete’s tuition, and/or books, meals and housing. And this is in a sport that allowed a roster of 40.
Softball was also set in a model with 12 scholarships, with coaches similarly able to break up the money into pieces.
Beginning in the 2025-26 athletics season, baseball programs could leap to 34 scholarships — a massive jump from 11.7 if FSU athletics can fund that many. Softball programs could jump to 25, also more than double in prior years and also based on funding.
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The transformation of college athletics extends to the expansion of scholarships in sports like baseball and softball.
