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How the new NCAA player stipends are impacting SEC football recruiting
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:27 am
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:27 am
How the new NCAA player stipends are impacting SEC football recruiting LINK
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Jimmy Smith, the football coach at Cedar Grove (Ellenwood, Ga.) High School, looked at his three players, Netori Johnson, Tre’ Shaw, and Justin Shaffer, standouts in the Class of 2017, and asked this recruiting question:
“If Kentucky and Auburn were recruiting you, and you thought the quality of the education was the same at both schools and the playing time was the same at both schools, but you knew Auburn was going to give you this for expenses, and Kentucky was going to give you this for expenses, where would you go?”
Smith pointed to a sheet of paper listing Cost of Attendance (COA) stipends for each of the 14 SEC schools. Auburn’s number was $5,586. Kentucky’s number was $2,284.
Shaw, a defensive back who has 24 offers, didn’t hesitate with his answer.
“War Eagle,” he said with a smile.
COA breakdown for the SEC
Tennessee $5,666 or $629 per month 9 months
Auburn $5,586
Mississippi State $5,126
Ole Miss $4,500
South Carolina $4,151
Arkansas $4,002
Missouri $3,664
Florida $3,320
LSU $3,096
Alabama $2,892
Vanderbilt $2,780
Texas A&M $2,706
Georgia $2,598 or $288 per month 9 months
Kentucky $2,284
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Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:36 am to Mizz-SEC
Auburn has been good and won some hardware in the past few years. MSU would have been a better comparison for the coach to use with UK.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:39 am to AA7
Why are the stipends different at the schools? Especially some of the bigger SEC schools. There's no reason Alabama can't pay the same amount as any other SEC school?
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:42 am to labamafan
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Why are the stipends different at the schools? Especially some of the bigger SEC schools. There's no reason Alabama can't pay the same amount as any other SEC school?
...boredom, trying to make it more of a challenge?
Those Tennessee recruits though
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:43 am to labamafan
:inb4bamabeenpayingplayersforyears:
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:45 am to Mizz-SEC
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Tennessee
Auburn
I'm absolutely shocked
Posted on 12/26/15 at 7:54 am to Mizz-SEC
Well, at least part of the Auburn payoffs are legal now. 
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:00 am to Mizz-SEC
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Mississippi State $5,126
Ole Miss $4,500
Who knew those cities were so expensive to live in
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:03 am to Mizz-SEC
not sure where these figures are coming from but Bama's is a lot higher then this.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:10 am to Mizz-SEC
Meh... was an SEC athlete, wouldn't have changed my decision.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:12 am to Mizz-SEC
Hopefully this is one of Kirby's first orders of business.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:20 am to Mizz-SEC
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“If Kentucky and Auburn were recruiting you, and you thought the quality of the education was the same at both schools and the playing time was the same at both schools, but you knew Auburn was going to give you this for expenses, and Kentucky was going to give you this for expenses, where would you go?”
This is stupid, nobody would choose Kentucky over Auburn, even if the stipends were equal.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:21 am to Vols&Shaft83
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This is stupid, nobody would choose Kentucky over Auburn, even if the stipends were equal.
Yeah I thought it was an odd comparison too. I mean I get the point he's trying to make, but it'd at least carry more weight if it was 2 similar programs.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:26 am to Mizz-SEC
Don't think those COA numbers are correct.I know Bama
"recalculated" their COA after they found themselves in the bottom 1/3.I believe they're 3rd now. What a complete crock.The COA is supposed to be evaluated independently by admissions officers and other school officials.Obvoiusly not the case with UT,AU or Bama
No way in hell Knoxville,Auburn or Tuscaloosa are a more expensive place to live than Athens.
"recalculated" their COA after they found themselves in the bottom 1/3.I believe they're 3rd now. What a complete crock.The COA is supposed to be evaluated independently by admissions officers and other school officials.Obvoiusly not the case with UT,AU or Bama
No way in hell Knoxville,Auburn or Tuscaloosa are a more expensive place to live than Athens.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:26 am to WG_Dawg
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Yeah I thought it was an odd comparison too. I mean I get the point he's trying to make, but it'd at least carry more weight if it was 2 similar programs.
Exactly, but if he had compared Auburn and Alabama, his point wouldn't work.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:32 am to labamafan
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Why are the stipends different at the schools? Especially some of the bigger SEC schools. There's no reason Alabama can't pay the same amount as any other SEC school?
Yeah, those numbers don't make sense. How do they calculate the stipend? It's not voluntary with each school. What factors go in it? Ole Miss is cheaper than Bama to attend as a paying student and Oxford's standard of living is probably a little lower than t-town. So, wtf?
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:48 am to RebelExpress38
quote:they tax it so they can pretend.
I'm absolutely shocked
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:52 am to bama1959
So,in the article it states that the school provides the factors that effect this calculation. What a crock of shite. No wonder Auburn's is twice Alabama's. But, I suspect Saban won't let this inequity live through another season so I'm not going to sweat it.
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:54 am to MoarKilometers
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Meh... was an SEC athlete, wouldn't have changed my decision.
What sport?
Posted on 12/26/15 at 8:54 am to bama1959
The numbers aren't correct. Bama already brought theirs up. Relax!
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