As others have said its going to save money somewhere in the program or university. In the case of OSU, pretty sure they have the scholarships endowed. Now might depend on exactly what is endowed, is it just scholarship or scholarship plus expenses. If moving one athlete from out of state to instate then drawing only half as much from the income off the endowment so the savings can go back in to grow the endowment investment or perhaps being used for an expense category, gear, meals etc. which might be more fungible.