FCOA WAR COMMENCES Cincinnati pays $7434 FCOA

[robinreed]

WOW.....

University of Memphis establishes a FCOA of $5373.00 for this coming year (beginning in August.)

The $5373.00 is the third highest of any school which has thus far announced their FCOA. Almost all of the P5 have announced their numbers (all SEC, ACC, B10, B12 and almost all Pac12.) It seems even the second level football schools don't want to be left behind. Of course Memphis has a very decent basketball program (except for last year) but $5373 is unexpected.

[BEwannabe]

Memphis competes with SEC for players so they have to be competitive and everything I've seen is SEC paying the highest which is bizarre when you look at the locations of most of their campuses. Almost all of them are located in what is considered a college town not major metro areas featuring higher cost of living. Again just a guess but Knoxville might be the largest market and Tennessee doesn't have a high cost of living in/out of metro areas. I really don't know how schools will have success unless they're in this $neighborhood$ ( north of $4000 better be the $neighborhood$ IMHO).

[robinreed]

Appalachian State University in NC has announced they will pay $5500.00 in FCOA beginning in August. I don't even know if they are Div 1a or 1aa.

I just checked they are 1a and in the Sun Belt.

[BEwannabe]

too funny, the schools whose name is synonymous with poverty is at the upper tier on FCOA.

[beltwaybluejay]

In a recent Washington Post article by Will Hobson Georgetown A D L. Reed stated that only basketball would receive stipends and that the "school's financial aid office estimates the amount at about $2,600."

[DudeAnon]

In a recent Washington Post article by Will Hobson Georgetown A D L. Reed stated that only basketball would receive stipends and that the "school's financial aid office estimates the amount at about $2,600."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spor ... -spend-on/

Yikes, I hope he means per semester.

[beltwaybluejay]

Everything else in the art. seem to be slanted towards yearly amounts.

[hoyahooligan]

First of all I wonder if there's any accountability with the FCOA. Is there a way for the NCAA to check to make sure the amount schools are paying is actually what it should be based on what a student would need in addition to the money the scholarship covers to attend the school? What's to stop the FCOA from becoming a bidding war?

Second is there any variation in what scholarships can legally cover in terms of costs as it is? Like could one school's scholarship include the school's meal plan, but another school's doesn't? Could things like that play into the variations we're seeing in FCOA? It always boggled my mind with the whole Shabazz I go to sleep hungry some nights because I assume players get meal plans so have access to the cafeteria so there's no reason they should go hungry ever. It's also college there's free and cheap food every where.

Thirdly, I firmly believe that the type of kids who are choosing Georgetown aren't going to be swayed by a couple thousand dollars. The top tier recruits are interested in which school can make them Millions and aren't going to throw it away for some short term cash.

[marquette]

Appalachian State University in NC has announced they will pay $5500.00 in FCOA beginning in August. I don't even know if they are Div 1a or 1aa.

I just checked they are 1a and in the Sun Belt.

That makes sense. I imagine the cost of living for Boone, NC will run about $5k for four years. Wait, is that per year?

[Jet915]

Appalachian State University in NC has announced they will pay $5500.00 in FCOA beginning in August. I don't even know if they are Div 1a or 1aa.

I just checked they are 1a and in the Sun Belt.

It will be interesting how long lower tier football schools can continue this. As we've seen in the other thread, only the top 30 or so teams actually make money without subsidies. Teams like app state rely heavily on subsidies and now they are gonna give each student an extra 5k? Dont see this lasting for bery long....