Some schools are getting around this and are basically "full scholarship" programs. Vanderbilt University being one of them. I got into it with a Vandy fan at the 'd1baseball' site that seems pretty connected to the Commodore program. The guy regularly bashes the B1G so I finally called him on a couple of things. One topic I brought up with him was scholarships.
Over the last few years, I had noticed that Vandy (The defending National Champion and recent perennial power.) was getting a lot of players from other states, several from the northeast. I decided to ask him how these players are paying for the annual tuition of approximately $64,000 which isn't exactly chump change to say the least. The guy likes to dish it but if you call him on stuff he gets a little testy. However, to his credit, he did thoroughly answer the question on this particular topic. He is "Dan Ryan" and I am "Scott". Here is what was said:
http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/weekend-madness-thursday-may-14/
Does anyone know if any B1G programs have something similar? HUGE advantage regarding access to players from all over the country for programs that are doing this. Between the weather (home/road game disparity; travel costs), NCAA bids doled out, Regional hosts awarded, and things like this scholarship "end around", the playing field is far from level for college baseball. At least things have improved a little bit though with the increased weight given to road wins.