Cost of Attendance Numbers

Side Show Joe · June 16, 2015

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2015/06/a-look-at-the-financial-impact-of-additional-benefits-texas-colleges-will-be-able-to-provide-scholarship-athletes/#33649101=11

Baylor $3,882

TCU $4,700

Texas $4,310

Texas Tech $5,100

Texas A&M $2,706

Houston $2,994

SMU $2,700

UTEP $3,100

UTSA $2,500 (Projected)

Rice (TBD)

North Texas (Unavailable)

Ben Gooding · June 16, 2015

We have to at least match utsa to keep up in this arms race, but I wouldn't be shocked at all to see 1k thrown out there from our administration.

drex · June 17, 2015

Just out of curiosity, when did Texas Southern become a member of FBS?

MeanGreenTexan · June 17, 2015

I hope we match UTEP.

Cerebus · June 17, 2015

1) I can't believe it costs more to live in Lubbock than it does Austin. This has to be some sort of over payment to make up for having to live in Lubbock. This is going to kick off an arms race.

2) I can't believe the photo they picked for North Texas is of Ja'Mel Branch and George Marshall.

UNTFan23 · June 17, 2015

1) I can't believe it costs more to live in Lubbock than it does Austin. This has to be some sort of over payment to make up for having to live in Lubbock. This is going to kick off an arms race.

Need gas money to go out to buy beer.

HoustonEagle · June 17, 2015

Nothing troubles me more about the current college athletics landscape. This will not end well.

FirefightnRick · June 17, 2015

And that's the death to college athletics. It's now the NFL II. Only, the NFL has to work within a salary cap.

Pathetic!

Rick

oldguystudent · June 17, 2015

Need gas money to go out to buy beer.

I think those days have come to an end.

Aldo · June 17, 2015

Hopefully it will be enough to buy groceries.

UNTFan23 · June 17, 2015

I think those days have come to an end.

Lubbock in general is a dry city, so you have to get outside of city limits to buy booze.

oldguystudent · June 17, 2015

Lubbock in general is a dry city, so you have to get outside of city limits to buy booze.

No longer.

untjim1995 · June 17, 2015

That Tech number seems way out of whack to me.

DeepGreen · June 17, 2015

When will UNT announce their cost of attendance numbers? Not good to drag up the rear.

FirefightnRick · June 17, 2015

When will UNT announce their cost of attendance numbers? Not good to drag up the rear.

I'm not so sure? La Tech dragged up the rear In lowest budget in C-USA this year and they seem to have done pretty well with it? Maybe that's our problem,,, we're paying too much for athletics?...."sarc"

Rick

MeanGreenTexan · June 17, 2015

That Tech number seems way out of whack to me.

The SMU number seems out of whack to me. Can't believe that they'd let TCU out-spend them by $2k/athlete. I would kinda expect them to be the highest spenders.

oldguystudent · June 17, 2015

Is there any formula for a cap on this? Like if SMU were to decide that the cost of ~~tuition~~ attendance included a diamond encrusted stretch Rolls Royce with in-vehicle hot tub and 5 amphibious hookers, could they do that or would the NCAA say that's to exorbitant?

Edited June 17, 2015 by oldguystudent
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Side Show Joe · June 17, 2015

I am no fan of this cost of attendance arms race. I too think it is terrible for college sports. But if we are planning on competing in this new era of college football, I think it is smart to wait and announce our price last. We need to be certain our price is competitive with the other Texas universities we recruit against. I want to know what UTSA and Texas State are going to offer before we decide.

North Texas Shep · June 17, 2015

Most likely we will not steal too many recruits from the bigger programs in Texas (Let's just be honest). We need to find the diamonds in the rough, and just try to compete with schools we compete against for cost of attendance.

Edited June 19, 2015 by North Texas Shep

Stix · June 19, 2015

Need gas money to go out to buy beer.

Wayne Bo's isn't that far away!

Arkstfan · June 22, 2015

Is there any formula for a cap on this? Like if SMU were to decide that the cost of ~~tuition~~ attendance included a diamond encrusted stretch Rolls Royce with in-vehicle hot tub and 5 amphibious hookers, could they do that or would the NCAA say that's to exorbitant?

The school financial aid office calculates based on Federal guidelines but they aren't super explicit. The risk for schools going to the high end is the NCAA determines that they were overly generous and gave impermissible aid in doing so. Quick way to rack up 200+ violations per semester.

AState backed its number down to $4k. The highest permissible per our financial aid office was $5300 but the school opted for the lower number so the amount paid would be uniform between in-state and out-of-state students.