Husker Scholarships Will Cover Personal Expenses Starting This Fall

[Mavric]

Beginning this fall, football players, basketball players and some other athletes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are slated to receive an estimated $3,600 allowance for personal expenses — the result of landmark legislation that passed over the weekend during the NCAA’s convention.


In response to criticism that big schools were financially exploiting athletes, members of the five major football-playing conferences moved to redefine athletic scholarships beyond the traditional room, board, books and fees. Now they also can include incidental costs, like transportation, personal items and other typical out-of-pocket expenses.

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said Monday that Nebraska plans to implement the so-called “full cost of attendance” change starting with the 2015-16 school year, at a total estimated cost to the athletic department of just under $1 million a year.

“We’ve been supportive of cost of attendance for years, so we will implement it,” Perlman said.

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[Comish]

Good move.......

 

[Redux]

I bet Kenny Bell is peeved he didnt get in on this! JP Kenny, we love ya!

This should help ease some stress with players I hope.

 

[NUpolo8]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

 

[Saunders]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

I believe this is an extra $3600

 

[NUpolo8]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

I believe this is an extra $3600

That is incorrect, off campus scholarship athletes have always received at minimum the equivalent of room and board

 

[Saunders]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

I believe this is an extra $3600

That is incorrect, off campus scholarship athletes have always received at minimum the equivalent of room and board

Right, and this isn't changing. Everything I've heard about COA is that it's basically a "whatever" striped like the old "laundry money" players used to get, just a substantially larger amount.

 

[NUpolo8]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

I believe this is an extra $3600

That is incorrect, off campus scholarship athletes have always received at minimum the equivalent of room and board

Right, and this isn't changing. Everything I've heard about COA is that it's basically a "whatever" striped like the old "laundry money" players used to get, just a substantially larger amount.

And I was asking how much more of an increase it was. Scholarship athletes have been given $ for years.

 

[BigRedBuster]

How do they come up with this figure?

 

[QMany]

How do they come up with this figure?

Cost of attendance is an amount calculated by university financial aid offices, using federal regulations that include the total cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses. The NCAA proposal would now count all of those elements into the athletic scholarship.

A 2012 study found that out-of-pocket expenses for a full-scholarship FBS athlete ranged from $1,000 a year to $6,904 a year, depending on the school. The average NCAA gap is now around $3,500.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24966011/cost-of-attendance-reaches-ncaa-finish-line-and-new-complexities

It adjusted school-by-school and accounts for cost of living differences between cities and states.

 

[QMany]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

I believe this is an extra $3600

That is incorrect, off campus scholarship athletes have always received at minimum the equivalent of room and board

Right, and this isn't changing. Everything I've heard about COA is that it's basically a "whatever" striped like the old "laundry money" players used to get, just a substantially larger amount.

And I was asking how much more of an increase it was. Scholarship athletes have been given $ for years.

He told you, $3,600. This isn't the same as room and board stipends.

 

[NUpolo8]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

I believe this is an extra $3600

That is incorrect, off campus scholarship athletes have always received at minimum the equivalent of room and board

Right, and this isn't changing. Everything I've heard about COA is that it's basically a "whatever" striped like the old "laundry money" players used to get, just a substantially larger amount.

And I was asking how much more of an increase it was. Scholarship athletes have been given $ for years.

He told you, $3,600. This isn't the same as room and board stipends.

I understand, the previous number that is now 3600 wasn't zero.
Further, this is about to be protested to death by Olympic sports scholarship holders. Deservedly too.

 

[The Maudfather]

I bet Kenny Bell is peeved he didnt get in on this! JP Kenny, we love ya!

This should help ease some stress with players I hope.

You can get a lot of ink for that kind of dough

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

I bet Kenny Bell is peeved he didnt get in on this! JP Kenny, we love ya!

This should help ease some stress with players I hope.

You can get a lot of ink for that kind of dough

And pay your utility bills, it's the best of both worlds.

 

[Vanderoh]

What was it before? I can't think this is that big of an increase.

I believe this is an extra $3600

That is incorrect, off campus scholarship athletes have always received at minimum the equivalent of room and board

Right, and this isn't changing. Everything I've heard about COA is that it's basically a "whatever" striped like the old "laundry money" players used to get, just a substantially larger amount.

And I was asking how much more of an increase it was. Scholarship athletes have been given $ for years.

He told you, $3,600. This isn't the same as room and board stipends.

I understand, the previous number that is now 3600 wasn't zero.

I am pretty sure this is a completely new allowance. So the previous was zero. But if you can find somewhere saying they received money before please post it. But this is suppose to be on top of everything they received before.