Texas athletic stipend .... $10,000.

[JellyBean]

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspo...-start-paying-their-athletes-a-10000-stipend/

Texas is planning to give athletes a $10,000. stipend per school year. How many schools could afford this ?

Has this been approved by the NCAA ?

I don't see any school really being able to afford this kind of stipend to their players. I mean the programs that have deep pockets, Oklahoma, USC, Michigan, ND, Ohio State just to name a few could be able to handle this kind of money. The rest of the pack is going to be hurting.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Aren't the P5 conferences part of the NCAA still? If the NCAA tried stopping a school NOT in the P5 from doing it, I imagine lawsuits would ensue. Unless the P5 completely breaks away from the NCAA, I dont' see where that's an issue, or maybe I'm just not understanding the situation, which is highly possible!

I think this is what eventually will happen. I don't think a lot of schools outside the P5 could afford to pay all of their athletes $10,000 extra per year. The only other alternative is that some men's sports will be cut because Title IX will save most of the women's sports.

 

[toadfoot]

Ridiculous, absurd... what next, fake classes and make believe grades? Oh, wait...