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UND to offer full cost of attendance

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University of North Dakota to offer full cost of attendance for all sports
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota director of athletics Brian Faison announced today that UND Athletics will expand the awarding of full amended grant-in-aid to all student-athletes on athletic aid beginning with the 2016-17 academic year.

UND Athletics already provides full amended grant-in-aids for men’s and women’s ice hockey.

The value of a full amended grant-in-aid at the University of North Dakota is based on the total cost of mandatory fees and tuition (online tuition not included), room (as determined by the University for double occupancy) and board (based on the “Unlimited Meal Plus Plan” rate) and books (as determined by the NCAA), plus personal expenses (including transportation) as outlined by the Student Financial Aid Office for athletes. The specific amount for each student-athlete is determined by his/her residency status (i.e. in-state, out-of-state, etc.) and living situation (i.e. with parents or on/off campus).

“This is a necessary step that empowers our coaches to continue recruiting high-caliber student-athletes. It puts our coaches on equal financial footing when competing against regional peer institutions for the best recruits,” said Faison.

Faison added that details regarding funding will be evaluated and finalized over the next several weeks.

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Here we go. As Coach Klieman says, this is an answer to what recruits were asking him that left NDSU uncompetitive to other programs. Even if recruits don't know what it is, they are looking for a yes from the school because another school already offered it to them. Of course you don't want a kid who is only going to your school because you offer them money, but you can't let the other program win just because they offer cost of attendance. We have to do this.
 
Almost a certainty this would happen after NDSU pulled the trigger, now that we have a precedent in our own conference I would hope the wheels are in motion here too.
 
Dom Izzo ‏@DomIzzoWDAY 24m24 minutes ago Moorhead, MN
#USD announces that the school will offer full cost of attendance for all sports starting next year, worth 4,145 per scholarship.

http://www.goyotes.com/news/2015/9/4/GEN_0904155838.aspx

SOUTH DAKOTA TO OFFER FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE IN 2016-17

Bryan Boettcher, USD Sports Information

VERMILLION, S.D.—University of South Dakota department of athletics announced today it will provide cost of attendance stipends in all 17 sports beginning with the 2016-17 season.

"Being a student-athlete at South Dakota is a full-time commitment and as such, it's important that we support our athletes in any way we can," said South Dakota Athletics Director David Herbster. "We are fully committed to a Division I championship mindset and this is the next step for Coyote athletics."

Cost of attendance is the gap between the full cost of attendance and the value of tuition, fees, room, board and books, which is the traditional definition of a scholarship. NCAA rules adopted in January and put into place Aug. 1 now allow for scholarships to include expenses such as academic-related supplies, transportation and other personal incidentals. The value of those benefits at University of South Dakota will be up to $4,145 per full scholarship.

Since gaining full Division I membership in 2012-13, USD athletics has quickly established itself with multiple conference championships, NCAA appearances, and a national champion pole vaulter. Additionally, South Dakota won the South Dakota Corn Showdown Series in 2014-15. Academically, Coyote student-athletes achieved a 3.3 grade point average in 2014-15 and nearly 70 percent currently carry a 3.0 GPA or higher.

"This is an exciting time to be a Coyote," said Herbster. "Support for our recent facility improvements has come from far and wide. Our fans have spoken. Coyote athletics is important to them and they have asked us to provide our student-athletes and coaches with the resources to win championships. Cost of attendance stipends will combine with the academic reputation of USD, an elite coaching staff, new facilities, and best in-region residence halls as proof that we are in it to win it."
 
In a Missoulian article a few weeks back, Haslem stated that the Big Sky Conference would NOT be offering stipends. So is UND thumbing their nose at all conference members? Are they planning on leaving the BSC?
 
maroonandsilver said:
In a Missoulian article a few weeks back, Haslem stated that the Big Sky Conference would NOT be offering stipends. So is UND thumbing their nose at all conference members? Are they planning on leaving the BSC?
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http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/um-not-close-to-offering-athletes-ncaa-s-full-cost/article_7fd0306d-2498-5bba-b675-7dda3d097515.html

When the NCAA's so-called Power Five conferences agreed in January to increase the value of athletic scholarships to cover expenses beyond tuition -- the "full cost of attendance" -- athletic directors and conference commissioners around the country took note.

"As soon as it was starting to be discussed at the national level, we knew it was going to have repercussions throughout Division I membership," said Montana Athletic Director Kent Haslam.

The conversation quickly spread, first from the Power Five -- which features the Pac-12, Big 10, Big 12, Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences -- to the rest of the Football Bowl Subdivision, the highest competitive level in college football. And now down to the Football Championship Subdivision.

This week Liberty University announced it will become the first FCS athletic department to provide full cost of attendance to its student athletes. The move may be the first steps down an uncharted path with many to follow, but Montana and the Big Sky Conference aren't ready to take that leap.

They just can't.

"If we had unlimited financial abilities, I would be a proponent of doing everything we possibly can in supporting our student athletes," Haslam said. "The reality is we don't have those resources."

Covering the full cost of attendance for each of Montana's 178.1 scholarships (money can be split among multiple student athletes in all sports other than volleyball, women's tennis and men's and women's basketball) would add close to $600,000 to the athletic department's budget annually.

Each athletic scholarship covers tuition, room and board and books, but Montana estimates that expenses not covered at UM -- such as transportation, off-campus meals and further athletic supplies -- ranges between $3,228 and $3,928, depending on the student's residence status.

Expenses are higher for out-of-state attendees.

Even if all 178.1 scholarships go only to Montana student-athletes, which they do not, that's still $575,000. Tack on another $125,000 if each scholarship were reserved for non-Treasure Staters.

Added expenditures will vary based on institution.

One way to make up for that added expense to the university would involve cutting non-revenue sports. That's not something Haslam would ever be comfortable with at Montana, he said.

To maintain a seat at the Division I table in athletics, a school must offer at least 14 NCAA sanctioned sports (UM currently has 15). Eliminating one would eliminate opportunities for student athletes, the AD added, a major detriment especially after Montana just added softball, which began competition this spring.

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Of course those budget-breaking numbers assume that all Grizzly scholarship athletes receive the extra aid. Some schools and conferences have opted to provide it only for certain sports.

The Horizon League board of directors voted unanimously this week to expand scholarship coverage for only men's basketball. As required by Title IX, an equal number of athletes from women's sports must also receive the same aid.


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The league did not specify in which sport the equity would come.

Haslam sees that model as dangerous to the cohesiveness of a university's athletics.

"If you just start to pick and choose certain student athletes or teams, gosh, it further fragments your student athlete population," he said. " 'That team's getting something that I'm not.' I understand that all the time life's not fair, but once you go down that road, it's really hard to back up over that tire ripper."

So the question becomes, can Montana and the Big Sky remain competitive in a sports landscape that appears to be shifting, and for how long?

Liberty, a private Christian institution in Lynchburg, Virginia with about 14,000 undergraduates, may be improving its bid to become an FBS member in the near future -- "Liberty has the resources to jump into that pool and say, 'Look, we're all in on this,' " Haslam added -- but the Flames are hardly the only current FCS program weighing its options.

North Dakota State Athletic Director Matt Larsen mentioned on KFGO radio earlier this year that the four-time FCS football national champion Bison are looking at adding stipends for football, men's basketball and women's basketball to remain competitive in the recruiting realm.

The Griz play both schools during the opening four weeks of the football season this fall.

"We certainly want to do all we can to be competitive," Haslam said. "We also have to do it financially in a responsible way.

"It's going to be something where folks kind of stand back and see, OK, what are the others gonna do? Are we gonna go as a conference and how are we going to tackle this as an institution?"
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2 things on the bolded bit... that's how you lose ground and we're seeing it.
 
maroonandsilver said:
In a Missoulian article a few weeks back, Haslem stated that the Big Sky Conference would NOT be offering stipends. So is UND thumbing their nose at all conference members? Are they planning on leaving the BSC?
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NDSU forced UND's hand...all the domino's will now start to fall...
 
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