To NCAA Division I Power 5 coach:
You wrote the following (see below). You are 100% incorrect. EVERY college has unique financial programs. EVERY college. In the Ivy's if your family income is under a certain level, that student goes free. In one previous college I coached at any female student from one particular county in the state could get a nursing degree free......an alum had set this up. Some schools give reciprocal in-state tuition for joining states. The list is endless.
At the University of New Mexico EVERY international student who has a certain GPA and test score will get the international academic Amigo scholarship based on availability that essentially makes that student "in-state" and in real dollars pays for about 50% of the total cost to attend. There is NO athlete on the team that gets any more academic aid than that 50% so the athletic department has to supplement that with athletic dollars if they are to get more. There is no discount.
At least try to get close to your incorrect facts.
RJC
While I find this humorous as well, you guys do realize that Joe Franklin gets these kids for a 75% discount compared to most schools right? UNM has some policy where Brits (and certain other nationalities I believe) get "in-state" tuition...then if they have over the equivalent of like a 3.0/1000+ on the SAT (or something there-abouts...it's not exactly a stringent standard), they get 50% more off their in-state tuition with an academic scholarship. So let's say the average out-of-country cost for state schools is 60k while in-state is 30k. Joe starts with a price tag of 30k for a Brit. Then he finds the not-stupid-ones and gets them for 15k - of which he has to pay out of his athletic scholarships. While most other schools would have to pay 60k out of their budget. Voila...he looks like a genius. And yes, you butt hurt New Mexican tax payers are still footing the bill for a foreigners' education...but not nearly as much as you think you are. And ya'll would suck big time if you relied on any New Mexicans to perform at an NCAA level.