In the landscape of collegiate athletics, securing a full athletic scholarship depends heavily on whether a sport is classified as a headcount sport or an equivalency sport under NCAA regulations. Headcount sports, such as Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football and Division I men's and women's basketball, offer full scholarships where every scholarship awarded must cover the complete cost of attendance. Conversely, sports like baseball, track and field, soccer, and swimming are equivalency sports, meaning coaching staffs receive a limited pool of financial aid funds that they must divide into partial scholarships among numerous roster members, making full rides much harder to attain outside of major headcount sports.