McFeely's Tip Sheet: NDSU working toward Alston payments for athletes

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Sounds like ML is looking for 1 big donor to fund Alston Payments. Basically up to $5,980 year for academic achievement. Teams can set their own standards. Example it could be $5,980 a year for a 4.0 or for a 2.0. It could be 3k for a 3.0

I doubt they could fund all athletes in all sports at the max level at easy attainment levels, since there are 562 across all sports and that's over 3 million a year. We are already funding a Full Cost of Attendance stipend of $3,600 for every scholarship player or half for a half scholly

But if we can get a million bucks in the athletic budget, do half for men and half for women, a sport like football could get 400 grand. That could fund 100 players at 4 grand or 66 players at the max amount. It could take a player on a half scholarship player and essentially make it a full ride in year 2. It could do wonders for walk ons. It would be huge for all sports

Gotta remember, players already get a $3,600 stipend for cost of attendance. The Collective does a payment for services. This on top of that would be quite the retention tool to encourage good grades and a recruiting tool

Teammakers is scholarships and some building projects although some day the hope is the athletic endowment will cover scholarships

The Collective is NIL payments and endorsements.

Alston would be separate

https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison...s-for-athletes