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Re: NDSU to pay "Cost of Attendence"
No kidding.* I'm sure there were cases crying out for such an adjustment. How many times did we read about a coach getting into hot water because he gave a kid an airplane ticket to visit an ailing parent or bought the kid some needed shoes? In the law, we say "bad facts make the law". Maybe that's a corollary of the rule of unintended consequences. There's going to be some athlete somewhere who will do something really stupid because for that particular athlete, all costs are well covered and the money is just a big invitation to party. [But, what the heck, didn't we all know students who had extra money in their pockets and partied hard -- but were not involved in athletics?]
I recall that at least some of the discussion that led up to the COA rule change by the NCAA, involved people taking the position that college athletes have what amounts to a job which brings a great deal of attention and money (whether the program is financial solvent is another question) to an institution. So, the theory goes, they should be paid for it. The NCAA doesn't want to talk about paying athletes but it recognized permitting a school to provide compensation which would cover the entire cost of the athletes education expense.
Personally, I'm generally not opposed to the COA. I'm sure it's going to be a financial headache for many schools and will probably result in some sports being dropped. I hope that doesn't happen but I think it will. (Think of UNO dropping football and a nationally-prominent wrestling program so that it could make the jump to D1 and continue to fund hockey.) There will be news stories in the future about idiots doing stupid things that may were possible because of the COA money. A lot of alumni "voting" will be taking place in the form of donations made or withheld.
I think SDSU has to do what NDSU is doing. I'm feel sure the SDSU administration has been talking about this for some time. The facilities upgrades have to have athletes in them.
*PS: I remember well some poker games on third floor Binnewies in which guys were betting relatively large sums, all funded by some ROTC stipend they received.
Originally posted by krak-r-jacks
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what may be more interesting, is when we start hearing stories about how some of these student-athletes spend their extra funds!!! 
I recall that at least some of the discussion that led up to the COA rule change by the NCAA, involved people taking the position that college athletes have what amounts to a job which brings a great deal of attention and money (whether the program is financial solvent is another question) to an institution. So, the theory goes, they should be paid for it. The NCAA doesn't want to talk about paying athletes but it recognized permitting a school to provide compensation which would cover the entire cost of the athletes education expense.
Personally, I'm generally not opposed to the COA. I'm sure it's going to be a financial headache for many schools and will probably result in some sports being dropped. I hope that doesn't happen but I think it will. (Think of UNO dropping football and a nationally-prominent wrestling program so that it could make the jump to D1 and continue to fund hockey.) There will be news stories in the future about idiots doing stupid things that may were possible because of the COA money. A lot of alumni "voting" will be taking place in the form of donations made or withheld.
I think SDSU has to do what NDSU is doing. I'm feel sure the SDSU administration has been talking about this for some time. The facilities upgrades have to have athletes in them.
*PS: I remember well some poker games on third floor Binnewies in which guys were betting relatively large sums, all funded by some ROTC stipend they received.
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