Orig. Post January 18, 2015 by Ron Clements & Joe Rodgers, Sporting News | Re-Post January 26, 2015
Student-athletes in the Power 5 conferences no longer have to worry whether their scholarship could get taken away.
Representatives from the Power 5 conferences ruled the new autonomy will give their 65 membership schools the ability to control many areas, including the implemention of full cost-of-attendance scholarships. Because tuitions vary, so will the amount paid by each school.
The proposal to implement full cost-of-attendance scholarships overwhelmingly passed by a 79-1 vote, but the proposal to report tuition variances did not pass.
DI autonomy proposal allowing financial assistance up to cost of attendance passes 79-1 #NCAAConv
The debate over the scholarships on Saturday during the NCAA Convention at Maryland’s Gaylord National Resort in the Washington, D.C., area included input from 15 student-athletes who are part of the 80 votes the Power 5 group needs to get a proposal to pass.
The first vote, which easily passed by a 78-1 margin, was a resolution to “modernize the collegiate model in accordance with the vision set forth” by the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC.
With their new autonomy, those conferences are now allowed to pass legislation on their own, without the support of NCAA schools in the other 27 conferences that make up Division I. NCAA president Mark Emmert said via USA Today he wants to ensure “the success of the 3 percent doesn’t come at the cost of the 97 percent – and vice versa.”
The Power 5 schools decided to move toward autonomy after a 2011 proposal to add a $2,000 stipend to the value of a scholarship to help cover the cost of attendance for athletes was voted down by NCAA schools that were concerned about affording a stipend, thinking it would create a recruiting advantage for those that could. Those schools no longer have a say, but legislatio passed by the autonomous group will allow any school to opt in.
The group of 65 university presidents, athletics directors, faculty and the 15 student-athlete representatives voted on eight proposals, most related to how cost of attendance, as well as new concussion protocols, extending scholarship guarantees beyond a one-year commitment, and increasing players’ options to buy insurance to hedge against career-killing injuries.
The vote to help players in the future passed with a 78-1 vote.
The pre-vote debates went relatively smoothly until the discussion of guaranteed scholarships.
Fortunately for the student-athletes, that proposal did pass by a close margin.
Pittsburgh offensive lineman Artie Rowell and UCLA linebacker Kenny Orjioke argued for guaranteed scholarships, citing coaching changes and how that can put scharship in peril. Four other student-athletes — Madison Stein (Kansas softball), Diamond DeShields (Tennessee basketball), Ty Darlington (Oklahoma football) and Josh Tobias (Florida baseball) — were against the guaranteed scholarships. The Pac-12, Big Ten and Big 12 have committed themselves to four-year scholarships. But even if the scholarship proposal passes, there would still be opportunities for programs to cut players.
Perhaps the most hotly debated subject was a new concussion protocol:
On behalf of the Big 12, Texas athletics director Steve Patterson says Big 12 medical personnel doesn’t believe measure proposed by the SEC goes far enough because it allows coaches too much influence on deciding whether a player is able to return to action following a possible concussion.
“We’re in favor of concussion legislation, but not this legislation,” Patterson said.
Despite the detractors, he concussion management protocol passed with a vote of 64-16. The proposal to allow student-athletes to borrow against future earnings to get loss of value insurance passed unanimously.
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