Idea for Stipend for Athletes

Stol91 · Aug 27, 2015

If the world is going the way of stipends for athletes, one compromise would be to have the stipend based on minimum acceptable standards with possible performance bonuses. For example:

Fall below a cumulative GPA or semester GPA and lose 25% of the monthly stipend
Show up on any police blotter, lose 50% of the stipend for the semester
Exceed certain standards for academic achievement and receive a bonus of $X
Bonus for certain charitable function contributions above and beyond what is expected/standard

The way I see it, this would tie the stipend to what the student athlete is supposed to be learning in college: accumulating knowledge, balancing priorities, pay tied to performance in KEY areas, contribute to the larger entity. It REMOVES the tie between the stipend and the athlete part of the persona and gives the player value beyond the contribution to the team.

ESPN has a blurb on Tubberville doing this at Cincy, but it seems like this would need to be a system wide mandate otherwise a school benefits from NOT putting this in place.

nat100 · Aug 27, 2015