So the Alston funds are only for student athletes, not for any students?
Correct
Is there a category of scholarship that can pay over and above the level of tuition for a non athlete? Or is that open to all academic scholarships if they so desire?
Yes. For instance the new National Merit Semi-Finalist scholarship includes a cost of living stipend for those students. Recipients of that scholarship may out number student-athletes as soon as next year. Student-athletes are also eligible for cost of attendance supplements, not to mention some pretty great perks like enhanced meal choices and generous snack opportunities throughout the day. The NCAA has granted, or in the case of the Alston litigation, was forced to acknowledge that other students on full academic scholarship get help with day to day expenses, entertainment, etc. So its only fair, if the athlete is to be treated no better than a regular student, that they be treated no different than a regular student and be given the opportunity to earn/given a little extra over the full ride. Setting limits on that in cash helps to keep things even across programs and forces programs to match industry norms. That way you dont have situations where Rutgers is paying $1000 a week for some athletes to get Uber Eats and others are getting nothing while kids at Kent State or wherever are literally going without meals on the weekends and apply for food stamps. In my time, I can remember student-athletes saving small amounts they were given for expenses to have change to do their laundry. Many had girlfriends simply to tap into their parent's funds for expenses like that. That shouldn't be happening.
I was pretty sure KW said the limit was 10k, not 8K on the Alston/Case Fund. That limit is court determined?
The $8,000 in Alston funds is permitted by the NCAA as a result of the litigation and focuses on monies earned as part of academic achievement. Not everybody on the football gets Alston funds. You have to met minimum academic standards far above eligibility requirements. To me, that tells me the Wilson recruiting strategy is working and vertically integrated. We are recruiting Ivy League transfers and Ivy League offered high schoolers because we know they will hit the academic performance goals to get the Alston supplement and will be less likely to play two years then want to transfer to get money. We are recruiting athletes that will stay in school and stay at Tulsa. Student athletes are eligible for the cost of attendance supplement mentioned above which puts the total over $10,000. He's giving a press conference, not a compliance seminar lol.
So not much money has been donated to nil/Impact up to this point, or are you not even vaguely aware of the level of donation to that fund?
I have no idea and dont want to know. I just want to know whether we are competitive. The results this week indicate that we are. How we stay competitive is up to other people. Let them earn their millions.
I would think if any monies had been donated, it would have to go out to student/athletes. So I don't understand why no Nil has gone out, even if it was paltry.
I am sorry if I was unclear. As far as I know, Hurricane Impact continues to collect NIL and distribute as they deem appropriate. If you want a student athlete to come out to your car dealership and help promote your next cancer fundraiser, Im sure they would love to talk to you.
Because there is no for profit corporation out there, are the nil donations sitting there untouched? Don't quite understand this situation.
Sorry I was unclear. Teams are basically deciding to pay players to compete or they are not. If they are, nearly all are working with friends of the program off campus to create for profit NIL entities for tax reasons, but also so that they maintain a competitive advantage by not having to disclose their financing and the sources of those funds. If you do not have a for profit NIL entity working with your compliance department, its fair to infer that you are not paying players just to play. TU, to my limited knowledge, is not working with a for profit NIL entity, so its fair to infer that we aren't paying players. Maybe we are. If we are, those folks should DM me.
There is a difference between NIL where you are paying kids just to play but dressing that up by having them sign autographs for $1000.00 a piece at the next mattress sale. Which is totally different than paying a kid $250.00 to promote a 5K run or help out at a charity basketball clinic in the summer time in North Tulsa.
TU has the latter. They have publicly stated they are not going to do the former.
None of this is classified information. Its actually posted on their websites. You just have to spend the time to read it and have the experience to discern what is being disclosed.
Note: I wish the Alston fund with a little bit higher limit, was all that was allowed for any athlete. None of this Nil stuff is good for the school/athlete/fan/sport.
You and me both brother. What TU is doing is fair. We are making sure everyone playing sports, that does what we expect them to do, is getting plenty of the right food, education, and distraction, while making sure they do not feel they are sacrificing opportunities to earn limited income supplements in amounts that are roughly equal to what kids on academic scholarship earn (many of whom spend dramatically less time in the study hall or lab than the athletes and generate lower academic performance earning the same degree).