What schools already cover and where the "COA" money might cover some gaps (ie gaps at one school may not be gaps at others - then of course there are general "cost of living" factors in various places) leads me to believe that - as usually happens - there are lies, damn lies, and [these] statistics.
What BYU and Pac-12 schools will pay athletes for cost of attendance:
BYU $4,500
Utah $3,574
Wash. St. $3,542
Arizona St. $3,358
California $3,552
Arizona $3,300
Washington $2,679
Stanford $2,625
UCLA $2,595
Oregon St. $2,484
Oregon $2,340
Colorado $2,294
USC $1,580
Written from the BYU perspective, here's the article I pulled those figures from: LINK
Mentioned within that article, is this one that has a sortable table with data on all the applicable schools that is interesting: LINK
I have heard the argument that "cost of attendance" money will be (at least attempted to be used as) some sort of recruiting advantage - seems the BYU article thinks/hopes so - and looking at the national numbers (lot of SEC schools at the top, I would presume hoping to gain a competitive advantage), I wonder if in fact this can/will be an edge... and/or how soon before new legislation is needed to cap what schools can offer.
Seeing BYU, Utah, and Wazzu as the top 3 in that list - I do wonder if those schools are hoping a few extra bucks of pocket money is going to buy some recruits. But, I also have no idea what BYU and the rest aren't covering in their "basic scholarship" that maybe others are - and what they might be making up for, with this "extra" money.
Honestly, I haven't figured this out at all... but it will be interesting to follow.
What BYU and Pac-12 schools will pay athletes for cost of attendance:
BYU $4,500
Utah $3,574
Wash. St. $3,542
Arizona St. $3,358
California $3,552
Arizona $3,300
Washington $2,679
Stanford $2,625
UCLA $2,595
Oregon St. $2,484
Oregon $2,340
Colorado $2,294
USC $1,580
Written from the BYU perspective, here's the article I pulled those figures from: LINK
Mentioned within that article, is this one that has a sortable table with data on all the applicable schools that is interesting: LINK
I have heard the argument that "cost of attendance" money will be (at least attempted to be used as) some sort of recruiting advantage - seems the BYU article thinks/hopes so - and looking at the national numbers (lot of SEC schools at the top, I would presume hoping to gain a competitive advantage), I wonder if in fact this can/will be an edge... and/or how soon before new legislation is needed to cap what schools can offer.
Seeing BYU, Utah, and Wazzu as the top 3 in that list - I do wonder if those schools are hoping a few extra bucks of pocket money is going to buy some recruits. But, I also have no idea what BYU and the rest aren't covering in their "basic scholarship" that maybe others are - and what they might be making up for, with this "extra" money.
Honestly, I haven't figured this out at all... but it will be interesting to follow.
