NCAA meetings this week

[BisonTru]

Stick. But you can almost put an asterisk by that as his B10 offer was Rutgers.

I think we also got one or two from the ACC. I'm remembering a Pitt offer to one of our current players, but I'm blanking out on who. Don't think we've won any other P5 battles.

Marcus Collins had committed to Pitt before switching to NDSU, IIRC.


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[perthbison]

Do the full cost scholarships and 4 year guarantees apply to all student athletes?


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Good question. I was only thinking football.

[EndZoneQB]

Stick. But you can almost put an asterisk by that as his B10 offer was Rutgers.

I think we also got one or two from the ACC. I'm remembering a Pitt offer to one of our current players, but I'm blanking out on who. Don't think we've won any other P5 battles.

Matt Jones - Colorado. We had a DT that had a Pitt offer? And then there was another one, Marcus Collins for sure.

[Bisonwinagn]

Not concerned about recruiting against the BCS teams since we rarely beat them anyway. However, it will be tougher to beat MW and MAC schools who offer this extra cash. I have no idea if this will apply to all divisions and all sports or what. Also this is a cash payment and not reimbursement so it will not be monitored, but I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes taxable income to the players.

[Hammersmith]

Do the full cost scholarships and 4 year guarantees apply to all student athletes?


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Almost certain this is a yes/no/depends question. Yes, it will apply to sports beyond football. No, it will not apply to walk-ons. For some sports, it will depend on the conference.

For example, I can see the following situation develop:

The Big Ten is forced to offer full-cost scholarships to all sports because they won't be allowed to pick and choose.
To stay on equal footing, the NCHC decides to offer full cost scholarships in men's hockey(the only sport they offer).
The WCHA decides to not allow full-cost scholarships in men's or women's hockey due to costs.
The Big Sky decides to not allow full-cost scholarships thinking no other FCS conference will do it, and they aren't competitive in MBB anyway.

So UND will get to offer full-cost scholarships to only men's hockey.



In our case, I think all three of our conferences will hesitate to allow full-cost scholarships and maybe some of the other things the P5 will be adding. We don't have any P5 schools left in the WWC, and I don't think AF and Wyo will push the issue. I think the MVFC will only do it if it looks like a formal realignment is coming and enough of the conference wants to be at the same level as the G5. Don't see it now, but things could change. I question whether there's enough will within the Summit to go for it. If enough members of the Summit are committed for it to become a truly strong mid-major, then I could see it happening. But I don't think there are enough votes at the moment.

This is all guesswork and could be completely wrong.

[bisonaudit]

Not concerned about recruiting against the BCS teams since we rarely beat them anyway. However, it will be tougher to beat MW and MAC schools who offer this extra cash. I have no idea if this will apply to all divisions and all sports or what. Also this is a cash payment and not reimbursement so it will not be monitored, but I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes taxable income to the players.

Taxable income, OMG, what a disaster.

[Bison 4 Life]

My wife's teaching stipend was taxable. No reason this shouldn't be.

[56BISON73]

Taxable income, OMG, what a disaster.

Tuition, books and room and board isnt taxable. I am sure the NCAA lawyers already have this figured out.

[bisonaudit]

Tuition, books and room and board isnt taxable. I am sure the NCAA lawyers already have this figured out.

Either way, it simply isn't a big deal as long as everyone knows the rules.

[56BISON73]

Either way, it simply isn't a big deal as long as everyone knows the rules.

I agree.....