Last fall, Clemson University decided to pull out of the Academic Common Market for undergraduates, a decision that has put a strain on recruiting for Olympic sports such as baseball.
The program helped athletic teams like the baseball team recruit out-of-state student athletes. According to an article in The Greenville News last March, Clemson had 15 student-athletes benefit from the program between 2015 and 2018.
Annual tuition at Clemson cost over $37,000 for an out-of-state student, compared to just a little more than $15,000 for an in-state resident. The Academic Common Market allowed Clemson students from other states—on both the athletic and academic side—a more affordable alternative to attend and/or play sports at Clemson if they were majoring in a field that is not available to them in their home state.