Scholarship?

You should get 10% for every pt at your conference meet. If power 5, it will probably take sub 14 for 1 point and 10%. Are you really at that level already? For XC, that probably says 1st at conference is 100%, 10th is 50%, 20th is 20%, and 25th is 10%.

You have to be prepared to hold out like Leveon Bell.

Sit out a season, two even.

Best way to get more money is to schedule a meeting with the Head Coach.

When you meet you do not say I need/am worth more scholarship money. What you do is ask about expectations and what you can do during the track season to earn more scholarship for next year (scholarship contracts are a year long).

Depending on the school and approach, you may be right, and the coach is happy to have you on less than they usually pay. Or, you may come to the realization that things are cut throat at the top of DI, and you should be happy to have what you do.

The transfer portal is neither good or bad for athletes, but I do think it has concentrated the scholarships available into fewer athletes. Gone are the days where guys sign for a small scholarship, and run well but don't get increased. If money is important, and you are running well, someone will pay you.

I agree

post your times and we will decide what % scholarship you should be on.

I would just schedule a meeting and ask the, if he's open to offering more scholarship money.

If you are blowing away expectations then they may be on board giving you a lot. If they have a little leftover after recruiting, they might throw you a little.

I am wondering what you're looking for though. If you're at 25% and looking for 50%, you better be attending nationals.

Good lesson for your future career though, threaten to jump to another school. Its the most powerful tool you have.

Someone wrote:

I run at a Power 5 school. I feel that my athletic scholarship that I signed as a Senior in HS does not reflect what I have achieved currently.

Is there a proper way to approach my coach to ask for more money? I feel like I should be receiving what I am worth as an athlete.

Here's what I did.

"Coach, I'm going to take a year off to save enough money for school."

Response: "No you're not. You have a full ride now."

OP went away once he realized that every point is worth 10%.

Nah...points are worth more than 10% a point.

How many P5 teams scored 126 points in their men's conference championships last year? I checked, Texas Tech and Iowa State did (only conference with 2 teams) as did Oregon and Iowa (no one did in ACC or SEC). So, over 90% of schools failed to garner a point for every 10% of scholarship.

And usually, that team that does score 126+ has a few full ride athletes pulling in more than 10.

If you are a P5 distance runner and can score at conference and are a top 5 on your XC team you should be on 30% minimum; otherwise you are.on a coach/university friendly contract.

No. Look at any team's roster and it is loaded with blue chippers that are slower now or are injured or have some other reason that they are not scoring. That is why they are not scoring the points that you think they should. Find a team that has 90% of their top athletes show up for the conference meet and that team will score 120 points. Keep in mind that you are pointing out that Iowa athletes are getting less than 10% for each point scored. And their point scorers are mainly out o state kids. So how do they convince people to come to Iowa from California or Florida or Texas for less than 10% per point?

That 10% "rule" is a joke.

I started off running at my brother's D1, a G5 and I was won Conference my SO year over 5000m.

I transferred to the in-state P5, he gave me books with promise of more scholarship if I performed to what he thought I could perform at. We made XC Nationals that year, I was the 3rd runner on the team. That Spring I was runner-up at Conference 10,000m on the track. He paid for everything my next 2 years (4th/5th). I ended up 2 x All-Region, running 2 x at Nationals XC and scoring over 10,000m on track, but never scored indoors or anything else.

What is the joke? You scored 8 points. And you had no discount for academics or any need based help? A full ride includes books, room, board, tuition, and expenses. The athletic program paid all of that and you had no other discounts? I doubt it.

You must be dense. I had no money, the athletic program paid 100% my final two years, including after my hernia surgery after running a Top 10 time for the school at Stanford Invite.

NCAA Compliance wrote:

What is the joke? You scored 8 points. And you had no discount for academics or any need based help? A full ride includes books, room, board, tuition, and expenses. The athletic program paid all of that and you had no other discounts? I doubt it.

I would do it like they did it in the movie Jerry Maguire and make your coach yell show me the money or tell him you're leaving for another school.... making him yell show me the money and I love black people or else you're leaving for nearest competitor...

Also what about sponsorship money for your likeness College athletes can make money that way, so that should be part of the negotiations to

No money? So you are the dense one of you received absolutely no academic aid. Even average students receive some discounts. And your family must do very well if you received no aid. Also, you team had to be pretty crappy if they could overpay you. As was pointed out by another poser, Iowa and Oregon pay less than 10% per point because they score more than 126 points. Sorry for your low academics and bad team but at least mommy and daddy will take care of you because they are so well off.

Correct. I actually scored close to 900 on my SAT. We had a few Olympians on our Track team, including two in distance. My parents are immigrants.

NCAA Compliance wrote:

No money? So you are the dense one of you received absolutely no academic aid. Even average students receive some discounts. And your family must do very well if you received no aid. Also, you team had to be pretty crappy if they could overpay you. As was pointed out by another poser, Iowa and Oregon pay less than 10% per point because they score more than 126 points. Sorry for your low academics and bad team but at least mommy and daddy will take care of you because they are so well off.

#1 on the team for 8/15, #1 for xc, current $ is like 7%

Is it safe to post times and stuff on here? I would like to remain anon for obvious reasons. What’s the best way to format things?

Pretty good performance of about 13:35 or 28:30.