I guess colleges should give everyone equal scholarship money or better yet no money to anyone. we live in a meritocracy fyi..
Let's not confuse scholarships (academic or athletic) with financial aid.
Often times, athletic and academic scholarships are endowed which is not the case for financial aid.
Our BOTC position is that parents should seriously question a program at the youth level which is providing scholarships to players for any reason other than financial hardship.
The problem is that nobody except the directors will ever know if somebody is getting a free ride for performance or for need. They can always disguise an incentive as need based.
This financial aid information should be held privately.
Ultimately, the family of the player needs to decide whether the quoted price is providing value-for-money. If you believe that scholarships made available to players is the wrong approach for reasons other than financial aid, that would erode the value-for-money proposition - or might even be a deal-breaker.
Before going down this theoretical path any further, there is a simpler way to make your decision. Add up the costs of the tournaments, training sessions, and all other elements in the program. Divide this by the number of expected players on the team sharing the load. You can then decide for yourself whether a program is properly priced or not. Based on the pricing, you can then overlay your own value assessment.
While you would not expect General Motors to divulge the cost of every component in their cars, you can take an educated guess on the mark-up. So too, you can do the same in lacrosse - this just requires some extra legwork for those passionate to get to an answer.
