OK State announced today that all scholarship athletes in all sports will be paid the max NCAA fee of $ 5,980 annually beginning the fall semester. They have a “ Cowboy Posse Fund remit the funds. That is their active fund that includes donations etc etc. I may have missed it….what are PSU’s plans ? This ( IMO) will benefit OKST with recruiting etc etc.
OK State paying ….all….athletes $5,980 starting fall semester 2022.
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Without seeing the details, my guess this would be the "old news" - that some may not recall.
A few years back the NCAA allowed an additional stipend for student athletes - tied to the "total cost of attendance" (that is a figure set for each school, I think in conjunction with the Department of Education - though the exact logistics are a bit fuzzy).
Penn State, and many (most?) other major athletic programs have been doing this for some time, ever since it first became allowed.
At the time, it caused a bit of a dust up - as each school could pay student-athletes based on their "total cost of attendance", and, for Penn State, the total cost of attendance was the highest - or nearly the highest - of the major programs (and some of Penn State's Big Ten cohorts were not happy that PSU would be able to pay more).
Someone would have to look it up, but I seem to recall that the Big Ten - rather than having each school be able to pay different amounts - settled on a fixed amount for everyone (but that is off the top of my head)
In any event, Penn State has been paying that for some time now. I think all Big Ten school shave, and I am very surprised if Oklahoma State has not been - but there are no details provided here. Maybe they were paying part of it, and now are going to pay it all.
In any event, if that is what this original post was referring to, it is old news - and has nothing to do with recent NIL stuff, for what it is worth.
NCAA Colleges To Cover Attendance Expenses For Scholarship Athletes. (athleticscholarships.net)
That was my original thought. Your link describes the cost of attendance stipend which covers expenses beyond tuition, room, board, and books that schools use when qualifying students for federal financial aid. The amounts vary by school.
This one is different and stems from the Alston case. Somehow it is tied to academic performance and is capped at $5,980. Tried to track it but gave up. maybe you're right and it is the cost of attendance stipend.
Grim….in looking deeper at what OKST is doing this fall. This is in direct reference to the Alston vs NCAA decision allowing athletes to profit in name/ image and likeness. Source of info can be found on their Pistolsfiring webpage that is their sports info site at OKST.
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