DI or DII?

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  • Triangle540 Dec 19, 2019
    Bench Warmer

    Go with D1 (assuming you get football scholarship). You can always drop back and transfer to a D2 school. If D1 is offering Preferred Walk On or something like that, its a different story.

  • msamek Jan 30, 2019
    Towel Boy

    Here is the thing about both DI and DII. DI FBS and many FCS schools offer full scholarships and cost of attendance, which means you as a student athlete gets a check every month of $X amount of dollars to be there. DII schools I think only offer 35 scholarships so many are partial scholarships sometimes being half of even less. So example Joe schmo has an offer from App State and one from Catawba. App State is paid in full and you get a cost of attendance check every month and if you get any financial aid ect that is added to your check. Catawba costs about $45,000 dollars a year. So even if you get a half scholarship thats still $23,500 you need to come up with minus any financial aid if a player qualifies. Also if you go D-I you can always transfer down without penalty of sitting out a year.

  • jusdafax Jan 30, 2019
    Bench Warmer

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  • Garnerwolf1 Dec 13, 2011
    All Star

    AND, at a D1 school, you may be more likely to lose playing time if and when the next big thing comes in. It's all about winning, even more so at D1, so the coaches will play who they believe gives them the best chance, without regard to loyalty, etc. Just the way it is, especially at bigger schools. Unless a kid truly is THE stud, you can relate this decision to the big fish/small pond or little fish/big pond scenario. A lot of NFL'ers come out of DII so it's certainly not necessarily game over if they do go DII. .

  • six72000 Dec 13, 2011
    Pro

    Division I is the natural choice reaction. Kids have to keep in mind that if they aren't a DI school's first or close second choice they probably won't play much. DII is a great option for kids that don't care about the name on the front of their Jersey that just want to play and have a great college experience.

  • chyphen57 Sep 11, 2011
    Bench Warmer

    Di would be the 1st choice if a legitimate chance of that kid playing and the scholarship funding was there. DII would be a gr8 choice if the kid is needed more and the kid can see his self with a fun college expierience.{of course funding also. Sometimes D11 schools wont recruit behind a kid as quick as a D1. Most kids wanna play as soon as possible. Kids and parents have to be honest about their talent level.

  • patriot087 Sep 6, 2011
    Towel Boy

    If a player is being recruited by DI and DII, is DI the natural choice? Or not?

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