What is in "athletic aid" besides Tuition, Room + Board?
by HScorpio (2020-02-05 17:50:03)

In reply to: The Alabama Athletic Budget.  posted by TWO

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It looks like Alabama's "Total Cost of Attendance" for this year is $51k for out of state students. This includes Tuition, Room and Board, and then $6500 of estimated fees for Transportation, Books, and Misc.

So is Alabama (and presumably most Division 1 schools) just giving each scholarship athlete the amount for total cost of attendance? How does a scholarship actually work, anyway - I had assumed the athlete just got a credit equal to the charges from the Bursar on their student account, and that no actual check or money changed hands. Is that not the case?

I assume that tuition, fees, etc. for athletes
by jbrown_9999  (2020-02-05 18:00:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

is directly billed to the athletic department's budget.

So it counts as "tuition revenue" for the undergrad academic program and an "expense" for the respective sport (such as football).

There are some amounts for housing allowance, etc. which I believe are issued to athletes as direct payments.

These too would be charged back to the budget of the appropriate sport.
From Bama’s website: All in, $51,236 non-residents, $30,886
by 1NDGal  (2020-02-05 17:59:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

for residents.

Those figures include estimated transportation costs, books, and $2360 “miscellaneous”.