Husker athletes need a book or parking permit? There's a fund for that

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When athletes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln need a laptop, new clothes or even a campus parking permit, they can dip into a half-million-dollar fund held by the school.

While much attention has been paid to a recent rule change that will allow NU football and basketball players and some other athletes to receive an estimated $3,600 allowance for personal expenses starting this fall, Division I schools have had access to the other little-discussed pool for more than a decade.

“I think this has been lost in the discussion nationally,” said Jamie Vaughn, Nebraska’s associate athletic director for compliance.

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/husker-athletes-need-a-book-or-parking-permit-there-s/article_145266a8-a215-55f3-89f1-a4891ebb5807.html
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I didn't even know this existed.

 
Yeah, it has been around for a while. In another thread regarding the NCAA, I posted UNL's guidelines and procedure that are found on their website. It was on an application/case-by-base basis and capped at $700. The $3,600 allowance is a nice bump for the football/basketball athletes.

 
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Cost of attendance is an amount calculated by university financial aid offices, using federal regulations that include the total cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses. The NCAA proposal would now count all of those elements into the athletic scholarship.
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Mavric said:
Cost of attendance is an amount calculated by university financial aid offices, using federal regulations that include the total cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses. The NCAA proposal would now count all of those elements into the athletic scholarship.
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How does this differ from the account mentioned above where if the kid needs a book or a parking pass or clothes...etc....they could get money out of this account to pay for them?

 
BigRedBuster said:
Mavric said:
Cost of attendance is an amount calculated by university financial aid offices, using federal regulations that include the total cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses. The NCAA proposal would now count all of those elements into the athletic scholarship.
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How does this differ from the account mentioned above where if the kid needs a book or a parking pass or clothes...etc....they could get money out of this account to pay for them?
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The COA isn't a reimbursment, like the other program. They get it regardless.

 
saunders45 said:
BigRedBuster said:
Mavric said:
Cost of attendance is an amount calculated by university financial aid offices, using federal regulations that include the total cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses. The NCAA proposal would now count all of those elements into the athletic scholarship.
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Link
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How does this differ from the account mentioned above where if the kid needs a book or a parking pass or clothes...etc....they could get money out of this account to pay for them?
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The COA isn't a reimbursment, like the other program. They get it regardless.
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So....it's basically a payment to play.

It is sold as money the student athlete needs to cover real expenses that aren't being currently covered by the school.

Well....the account mentioned in the OP seems like that does that.

So, my question was, what expenses are out there that neither the scholarship nor the account mentioned above would cover?

 
The previous fund:

The funds are intended to cover costs that are incidental to being a college student but which aren’t covered by scholarships: new sneakers, a dress for a formal dance or airplane tickets home.
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Do we think our athletes aren't getting enough sneakers out of our Adidas deal?!?

 
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