How much are our player stipends?

[oldguystudent]

The only data I could find was from 2015-2016 where we were paying $3,900 which put us around the middle of the conference.  

Does anybody have current year data on that? 

[Harry]

This is a great question.  I have no idea how to get this info save a FOI request.  @Brett Vito might be able to assist in this regard.

[TreeFiddy]

I has been pretty hush/hush.  There was a lot made about it and then once it came there hasn't been much discussion about it.

[EagleMBA]

I know nothing about stipends. I just assumed that the NCAA promulgated the amount to be paid by all schools, or at least set a reasonable ceiling.  Is that NOT so?  Is this another area where the "rich" schools can run amuck?

[oldguystudent]

7 hours ago, EagleMBA said:

I know nothing about stipends. I just assumed that the NCAA promulgated the amount to be paid by all schools, or at least set a reasonable ceiling.  Is that NOT so?  Is this another area where the "rich" schools can run amuck?

It's been a little while, but I think the amounts were contingent on cost of attendance.  If you look at the entire set of data, the amounts don't quite correlate to what you'd expect them to.  UNT was higher than A&M that year, and Boise was one of the highest.  Cincinnati took home the trophy for highest award. 

Source from 2015-2016

[GrandGreen]

It is based on a formula that derives the max allowed supposedly based on the cost of living in that particular area.    I assume most schools give the max, or else they would be destroyed in recruiting.