Thursday, December 15, 2011

In the news: NCAA $2,000 stipend challenged

  Published on Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories: Sports | shared via feedly
The NCAA's plan to give athletes a $2,000 stipend may be in trouble. The legislation, passed in October, now faces an override challenge at January's annual NCAA convention, a decision that could create an unusual discrepancy between recruits who have already signed national letters-of-intent and those who have not.

David Berst, the Division 1 vice president of governance, acknowledged Wednesday that about 1,000 players signed with schools in November, and those who did it with the promise of getting an additional $2,000 toward the so-called "full cost of attendance" would still get their extra money. Those who did not, may not.

"I would hope we don't end up with that, but it could happen," Berst told The Associated Press.

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