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.
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.
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My wife's teaching stipend was taxable. No reason this shouldn't be.
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I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"
When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."