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Originally Posted by Colorado
Couple of questions as I'm not familiar about college hockey other than from what I've learned from FHM9. Any help, much appreciated!
What difference does offering a partial or full scholarship make?
Does a partial scholarship turn into a full scholarship?
On the draft intake day, does the 'INT' rating represent intelligence or interest?
Is it possible to change a player already on your roster (i.e offer a partial roster player a full scholarship)?
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So this is just from my 30 hours or so with the game and what I've gleaned from the NCAA streams/Jeff's response to stuff on here when asked.
Once a player is on your roster, it doesn't technically matter
how they are on your roster, they are bound to your program for 4 years until they graduate. The only time they will be with you for more time is if they have to be redshirted one year (either by your choice or due to them failing their academic eligibility) and the only time they will be on your roster for less time is if they get signed up by their pro club once they've been drafted(or if they fail to qualify twice for academic eligibility but I believe that instance is incredibly rare). You can also cut a player by 'buying out their rights' from the action menu or right clicking, though I'm not sure if that's left in as an oversight or if it's intended to be possible, it's just something I've done to clear some of the 0.5 star 'chaff' from cluttering up my roster (especially on the tactical feedback screen).
So in essence, once a player is on your roster it's my understanding that there is no benefit to 'upgrading' anyone from a non scholarship to a partial or from a partial to a full.
The time when scholarship type IS most relevant is on National Signing Day, so as briefly mentioned on last nights stream during NSD, You are presented with a draft like screen where the pool of players is made up of guys who are verbally committed to your program, other programs or not committed at all. When the nominations happen you get a chance to compete with the program that has nominated the player for their signature and essentially the rights to have them join your program at the beginning of the following season. Say one school offers a player a partial scholarship and you choose to compete with them and make an offer to the player of a FULL scholarship, then this is weighted differently in the players decision making (along with several other factors as confirmed by Jeff which I will post at the end of this response for clarity).
It's not some sort of cheat code though where if you offer a full and they offer a partial you'll always get the guy, it's just ONE of a number of ways you can make yourself more appealing to a prospect than the school he had previously verbally committed to (or whoever is nominating him at that time.)
Also, if you've only got a limited number of scholarships then obviously you'll get more players in by offering them half scholarships as opposed to full ones, so it's important to check your available scholarships and also how many seniors you have on your team (as this will drive the number of guys you want to bring in too).
The 'Int' rating is Intelligence, it was mentioned last night that it's important for them to be >10 otherwise they'll potentially fail eligibility and it also factors in for Ivy League schools because they don't have scholarships but guys with higher intelligence want to go there, so it's a way for them to compete. Your academic level can be seen from the team data screen.
Here is a response Jeff gave previously highlighting some of the info recruits consider when making their decisions (and which screens you can see that info on for your program).
Sorry for the long response but just wanted to try to be clear, If I've misunderstood any of this stuff then I'm happy to be corrected!
Originally from Jeff:
There are a few "school reputation" factors in the signing decisions (in addition to non-reputation things like roster spot competition from the team's current players and recruits):
-geographical location relative to the player (same state, or a bigger bonus if player is from the same city)
-academic reputation (team data) page (only applies to the smarter players, i.e. high INT on the draft screen)
-tuition cost (higher ones provide a bonus to recruiting chances if a full scholarship is offered, or a smaller one for partial)
-check the "Market" tab on the League-League Finances screen and sort by Market Size (used as a proxy for overall program reputation in some player decisions),
-current season record
-past season record
-recent championships