What full cost-of-attendance really means
May 24, 2011 7:03 PM
How Much of a Game Changer Is It?
Realistic versions of this proposal could have radically changed college athletics by drastically increasing how much it cost to compete in any sport. But the version of the proposal we're likely to see from the Big Ten in the next year or two strikes a middle ground between keeping this change from bankrupting athletic departments and maximizing the additional aid to student-athletes.
The great unknown is how many programs can afford this and to what degree. And this is program rather than department specific. A school will do whatever it can to find the money for football, men's basketball, and enough women's sports to satisfy Title IX. The question is who can then provide this additional money to baseball/softball, soccer, and track and field.
John Infante
Realistic versions of this proposal could have radically changed college athletics by drastically increasing how much it cost to compete in any sport. But the version of the proposal we're likely to see from the Big Ten in the next year or two strikes a middle ground between keeping this change from bankrupting athletic departments and maximizing the additional aid to student-athletes.
The great unknown is how many programs can afford this and to what degree. And this is program rather than department specific. A school will do whatever it can to find the money for football, men's basketball, and enough women's sports to satisfy Title IX. The question is who can then provide this additional money to baseball/softball, soccer, and track and field.
John Infante
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