re: FSU players about to shut it down again

A scholarship is not a contract to get to the NFL and doesn't have to be renewed each year if the student-athlete does not fulfill his obligation. The scholarship is a grant and aide to obtain a college degree, football is the means to which the scholarship was obtained.

The football player would still be on scholarship even if football is not played, in other words, tuition, room and board, meals, books, and medical care, etc would all still be paid for by the University.