- Athletic Tender. This document has two purposes:
a. To describe the type and amount of athletic financial
aid (and only the amount of athletic financial aid) you
will receive if you choose to attend that college.
b. To secure your attendance at the institution and to bar
you from competing at any other NCAA institution.
You can sign the Award Letter, and even though it is unethi-
cal, you could still decide to attend a different institution.
However, if you sign the Athletic Tender, you can compete
only at that NCAA institution. Do not sign one without know-
ing the contents of the other. If you do sign one without
knowing the contents of the other, you lose virtually all your
negotiating leverage. The best insurance is to only sign the
two of them at the same time.
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