Right now, the cost of attendance stipends are a major subject for discussion in college athletics. In the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Colorado College, North Dakota, Miami, Western Michigan have announced that they’re giving out COA’s. The rest of the conference is taking a wait and see approach.
Most conferences are leaving it up to the individual schools. According to Brad Schlossman, Saint Cloud State isn’t planning on giving them out at this time.
There’re so many unknowns right now.
First, how do you quantify if the cost of attendance stipends will give the schools that hand them out an advantage? Obviously, it will take a while before we figure out how much of an advantage these cost of attendance stipends will give the schools that hand them out. In the future, I think you will see other schools rushing to catch up.
Boston College hockey coach Jerry York told the Boston Globe his thoughts on the cost of attendance.
“I’m still not sure what drives an athlete to pick a school,” said BC hockey coach Jerry York, who also worked at Bowling Green and Clarkson. “There are so many variables. I think that [a stipend] will be a factor. I don’t know if it will be a deciding factor.”
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TOP 10
1. Tennessee $5,666
2. Auburn $5,586
3. Louisville $5,202
4. Mississippi State $5,126
5. Texas Tech $5,100
6. Penn State $4,788
7. Texas Christian $4,700
8. Oklahoma $4,614
9. Oklahoma State $4,560
10. Mississippi $4,500
*North Dakota 3,500
BOTTOM 10
56. Minnesota $2,194
57. West Virginia $1,971
58. Notre Dame $1,950
59. Iowa $1,938
60. Michigan State $1,872
61. Purdue $1,760
62. Georgia Tech $1,720
63. Syracuse $1,632
64. Southern California $1,580
65. Boston College $1,400
Links
UND Hockey to Give Players Cost of Attendance Stipends (the Hockey Writers)
Paying stipends to college athletes remains a divisive issue (Boston Globe)
What Will ‘Full Cost of Attendance’ Mean to College Hockey? (College Hockey News)
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