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per USA Today:
Each college's financial aid office is required under Federal guidelines to publish a full cost of attendance number, which includes an estimate of incidental expenses. Exactly what is included in that number, however, can vary from school to school and even from person to person depending on factors like distance from home or whether they have a child.
In the autonomy session last month, the SEC proposed a rule that would require schools to disclose what they're including in the full cost of attendance for athletes, including any variances from the school's average cost, but it was voted down by the other conferences.
But the impact of money being injected into the process can't be underestimated, either, especially when it comes time for coaches to explain why they can't offer as much as another school. It's one thing to compare locker rooms; it's another when a family can compare schools based on the amount of a monthly check.
"If you go in five homes a week, for a couple it won't matter but for a couple it will and those are legitimate questions you need to have answers to," MacIntyre said. "When I first started coaching, they just wanted a scholarship and you got a dorm room. It just keeps evolving, but all of that is better for the student."
Once the 2016 recruiting cycle starts, coaches will get a feel pretty quickly for how much the cost of attendance matters — and who it favors.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...franklin-mike-macintyre-hugh-freeze/22808431/
Go Gophers!!
Each college's financial aid office is required under Federal guidelines to publish a full cost of attendance number, which includes an estimate of incidental expenses. Exactly what is included in that number, however, can vary from school to school and even from person to person depending on factors like distance from home or whether they have a child.
In the autonomy session last month, the SEC proposed a rule that would require schools to disclose what they're including in the full cost of attendance for athletes, including any variances from the school's average cost, but it was voted down by the other conferences.
But the impact of money being injected into the process can't be underestimated, either, especially when it comes time for coaches to explain why they can't offer as much as another school. It's one thing to compare locker rooms; it's another when a family can compare schools based on the amount of a monthly check.
"If you go in five homes a week, for a couple it won't matter but for a couple it will and those are legitimate questions you need to have answers to," MacIntyre said. "When I first started coaching, they just wanted a scholarship and you got a dorm room. It just keeps evolving, but all of that is better for the student."
Once the 2016 recruiting cycle starts, coaches will get a feel pretty quickly for how much the cost of attendance matters — and who it favors.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...franklin-mike-macintyre-hugh-freeze/22808431/
Go Gophers!!