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Saw where ECU is going to pay the full cost of attendance next year pegged at $4,025 for football and basketball (men's and women's) and $2,025 for all other athletes. Puts ECU at the higher end of the spectrum.

Texas tech paying 5,100
TCU 4,700,
OK 4,614
OK St 4,560
Texas 4,310
Ark 4,002
Baylor 3,882

Since Dallas is a higher cost of living area, SMU should pay more. Much, much more.

MV pony wrote:Texas tech paying 5,100
TCU 4,700,
OK 4,614
OK St 4,560
Texas 4,310
Ark 4,002
Baylor 3,882

Since Dallas is a higher cost of living area, SMU should pay more. Much, much more.

Those are crazy numbers. I would say most college kids live on less than that a semester. I sure did/do. This is just fun money and not rent or food right? (I'm not including the kids who get an allowance from their parents)

But agree SMU should pay way more than anyone else if we can.

It will be interesting to see what we end up paying.

Good to see that the AAC will pony up the cash. Should separate the conference from the "G4"

How does Tech calculate $5,500 cost of living, more than TCU, OU, Baylor, etc?

A southwest flight outta there and more alcohol

I know this is wishful thinking, but the NCAA needs to demand some level of GAAP principles before this can go forward. What is to stop Ohio State (or pick any school) from coming up with a $10k number and Michigan is at $3.3k because they used a different formula. This could easily turn into a straight out cash race.

Someone call up Sherwood! Dallas is an expensive place to live

How many scholarship athletes do we have, total? 250? If we gave them all $5,000 that would be an extra expense of $1.25 million/year. Easy to say because it's not my money, but that doesn't seem like that much more of an expense to remain somewhat relevant in big time college athletics.

coloradoStang wrote:

MV pony wrote:Texas tech paying 5,100
TCU 4,700,
OK 4,614
OK St 4,560
Texas 4,310
Ark 4,002
Baylor 3,882

Since Dallas is a higher cost of living area, SMU should pay more. Much, much more.

Those are crazy numbers. I would say most college kids live on less than that a semester. I sure did/do. This is just fun money and not rent or food right? (I'm not including the kids who get an allowance from their parents)

But agree SMU should pay way more than anyone else if we can.

My frat bro who played for SMU for two years, before blowing out his back and knee, used to get $1600 a month from SMU for his stipend. It was a calculation based on the most expensive dorm, meal plan, books, blah blah blahs that you could get. I know he had buddies that played for TCU that would get around $900 for their stipend a month, and his brother who currently plays for tech gets around $700 a month. We were always, more or less, at the top because that was the way the were allowed to calculate it, since our school was so damn expensive.

I would like to point out though, It's not like they didn't get anything before. $1,600 was above what I spent a month.

[quote="stc9"]I know this is wishful thinking, but the NCAA needs to demand some level of GAAP principles before this can go forward. What is to stop Ohio State (or pick any school) from coming up with a $10k number and Michigan is at $3.3k because they used a different formula. This could easily turn into a straight out cash race.[/quote

Frankly, I'm hoping SMU is the school to give out the $10,000. I could donate to that cause.

The entire AAC committed prior to last season to pay cost of living expenses for their athletes in order to remain competitive with the P5. That is why June was told to shut up about moving to the Spring, because the school is willing to pay to show that they belong. ECU is only the first to announce what their payment will be.

Tulsa announces it will pay $2,500.