UConn paid Alston awards to almost every basketball player after fall

[HooperScooper]

I don't remember seeing this before.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, a university spokesperson responded in an email that 27 men’s or women’s basketball players each received an award of $2,990 after the fall semester, which totaled $80,730. The spokesperson said as of July 19, UConn hadn’t yet distributed its awards from the spring semester.

These awards are capped at $5,980 annually per student.

UConn paid Alston awards to almost every basketball player after fall

UConn only made Alston awards available to basketball players last school year, allowing them to profit from their academic achievement.

www.on3.com

 

[navery12]

Don't think the amount was known previously but was talked about a bit here

UConn NIL

Nice to see some good publicity out there for UConn regarding NIL, or I guess NIL adjacent pay All but one of the schools paying academic bonuses this year come from a Power 5 conference. UConn, a member of the Big East, said it will pay bonuses to its men's and women's basketball players who...

the-boneyard.com

 

[BGesus4]

At first glance, I thought this was a bad recruiting story from the Skip To My Lou days

 

[krinklecut]

Maybe Sool and Floyd didn’t get bonuses lol