What is an athletic scholarship?
Athletic as well as academic scholarships are much more common in the USA than in most other countries. Athletic scholarships are awarded to athletes of outstanding performance in order to enable them to finance their studies in the US. The athlete participates fully in practice sessions with the college team and represents the university in various tournaments and competitions. The coaches’ job is to professionally look after teams; in this sense, he has a similar position to that of a professor and is also paid accordingly.
