AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Earlier this year, Clemson University decided to stop using the academic common market to help with financial aid. It was a decision that will hurt athletic programs such as baseball, men’s soccer, tennis, golf and track and field.
The last four years, these sports have been able to aid student-athletes who were coming from out of state and Clemson had a major that the student-athletes’ in-state school did not have. It allowed Clemson to land high-profile players, such as shortstop Logan Davidson.
With ACC rivals such as Virginia, North Carolina and Duke, and SEC schools like Vanderbilt, dipping into their endowments, it puts schools like Clemson at a disadvantage.