Anon What to know about a Walk-on spot? NIL eligible?

[Anonymous (a75f)]

My daughter has been in talks with a few coaches at D1 schools, and some have filled their scholarship spots and are talking about "walk-on" spots.
While they say walk-ons are treated exactly the same as any other athlete, they just don't get their schooling paid for. My question is do these athletes still get NIL money? If the athlete is from out of state is it viable to ask if they can get in-state tuition? Any and all info is much appreciated! Thank you

 

[Anonymous (99f0)]

Walk-on spots will be eliminated in 2025 when the settlement goes into effect. Roster limits go into effect, up to 20 spots are available. My understanding is that all roster spots now need to be scholarships. It is up to the school to decide how many scholarships they want to fund. Now there are athletes that are filing objections to this because of the eliminations of walk-ons (article) for example I know Georgia gymnasts have been told that 4 of them will be cut next year because they have 24 on the team right now, but as of now, during our process with D1 SEC schools we were told there were no more walk-ons. But of course this stuff is changing fast, so who knows.

In regards to NIL, depends on the school. Again at the SEC schools we were in discussions with, NIL is more an office that was available to all athletes regardless of scholarship or not. None of the schools flat out offered "if you come here you will get X amount," it was all general DIY "if you want, we have had athletes take advantage of the NIL office and make up to Y amount". A few did say, it was a sliding scale of sorts, if you are a star all-arounder, you are going to get plenty of offers, if not, maybe not as much.

I would concur that under current environment walkons are treated just like scholarship spots, many receive the same student COLA stipend amounts which can essentially cover tuition.