NCAA Autonomy

[Husker_Power]

Today was the first day in which there was a student athlete panel at the NCAA Power 5 meeting.

The vote, taken during the NCAA's annual convention, redefines an athletic scholarship so that it can cover not only the traditional tuition, room, board, books and fees, but also the incidental costs of attending college. That means a scholarship will now be able to pay for items including transportation and miscellaneous personal expenses.

From USATODAY.com http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2015/01/17/ncaa-convention-cost-of-attendance-student-athletes-scholarships/21921073/

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

n another significant change, the schools and the reps narrowly approved legislation that will prevent schools and coaches from choosing not to renew an athlete's scholarship for athletic reasons. Under the system that has been in place, most athletic scholarships are subject to annual renewal.

 

[BigRedBuster]

How is it determined if an incidental expense is one that a school is allowed to pay for?

 

[StPaulHusker]

I watched this over the weekend. Some good information about what goes on but they could have done a better job of finding student athletes to interview.