So, I think there are two separate questions to answer here.
1. Is there an advantage to our scholarship allotment / recruiting targets that are in-state because in-state tuition is significantly less than out-of-state tuition?
A: Yes and no. Scholarships are not exactly dollar based. If a person is receiving 100% tuition scholarship, it is adjusted to whatever that person's cost is per credit hour. This may be outdated, but I recall full tuition being 17 credit hours, even if you took 12. So the difference was either paid out to you at the amount per credit hour, or it was divided up for another wrestler's partial scholarship. That being said, it is advantageous to recruit a kid that is in-state because 95% of student-athletes qualify for some government aid. Pell Grant, other grants, scholarships, etc. When their Pell grant is $5000 a year, and in-state tuition is $2500 for a semester, you basically can offer room/board, books, and meal plan, and have a full scholarship without having to give out a total scholarship from your 9.9. This obviously wouldn't be the case if you were an out-of-state recruit and your semester tuition costs are $9,000.
2. Are we hiring parents as an inducement to move to Stillwater and send their kids to OSU?
A: Absolutely not. Extremely illegal, unethical, and not how the program would run. Looking back at the Rosholts for example, the family relocated so they could be closer to Jake. When you see these families relocating, usually it's because one has either verballed, committed, or have an older sibling already there and envision the younger ones joining too and the family wants to be closer together. I don't think it matters whether John has a kid wrestling at SHS. I think it matters if we have a family send their oldest wrestler to OSU and the family decides they want to be closer.
