Power 5 Approve Cost-Of-Attendance Stipends

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(FORT WASHINGTON, Md) — Another step has been taken towards reforming the treatment of student-athletes in college athletics.

A panel of 80 — 15 student-athletes, and 65 universities — voted 79-1 to pass the full cost of attendance issue that will provide athletes compensation outside of athletic scholarships.

Boston College was the lone dissenting vote according to tabulations.

Schools will provide stipends that could range from $2,000 to $5,000, determined by the universities, while under federally mandated guidelines, to cover cost of living expenses.

Other issues that will be reformed include Universities no longer having the ability to revoke scholarships solely based on athletic performance. Athletes will also be able to borrow from a discretionary student assistance fund against future earnings and the establishment of a concussion safety protocol.

These are the latest changes that include reforming how much food players are allowed to eat, not provided by the school.  In 2014, the University of Oklahoma self-reported a violation in which three football players ate too much pasta at a graduation banquet.  The players had to donate $3.83 to charities of their choice to repay the cost of the pasta.

While at the University of Connecticut, Shabazz Napier spoke to the issue:

“We do have hungry nights that we don’t have enough money to get food in. Sometimes money is needed. I don’t think you should stretch it out to hundreds of thousands of dollars for playing, because a lot of times guys don’t know how to handle themselves with money. I feel like a student athlete. Sometimes, there’s hungry nights where I’m not able to eat, but I still gotta play up to my capabilities.”

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