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One of the line items from the NCAA distributions
The Student Athlete Opportunity Fund is money given to each conference so the conferences can pay the athletes.
The SAOF was started in 2017 because of the athlete-student lawsuits against the NCAA. It is for basketball and football ONLY.
What is SAOF?
According to the NCAA, “The NCAA Student‐Athlete Opportunity Fund (SAOF) is intended to provide direct benefits to student‐athletes as determined by conference offices.
As a guiding principle, the fund is used to assist student‐athletes in meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in intercollegiate athletics, enrollment in an academic curriculum or that recognize academic achievement. SAOF money is intended for qualified student-athletes with a financial need. It may be offered to identified student-athletes for clothing, graduate school fee assistance, course supplies, health insurance or summer school tuition assistance.”
Funding is also available to student-athletes when emergencies arise, such as the coverage of an airline ticket to attend a funeral service.
I have a sneaky suspicion some athlete-students are more equal than other athlete-students. Which I think is from the book Animal Farm.
I could not find how much each athlete-student received from this fund.
The Student Athlete Opportunity Fund is money given to each conference so the conferences can pay the athletes.
The SAOF was started in 2017 because of the athlete-student lawsuits against the NCAA. It is for basketball and football ONLY.
What is SAOF?
According to the NCAA, “The NCAA Student‐Athlete Opportunity Fund (SAOF) is intended to provide direct benefits to student‐athletes as determined by conference offices.
As a guiding principle, the fund is used to assist student‐athletes in meeting financial needs that arise in conjunction with participation in intercollegiate athletics, enrollment in an academic curriculum or that recognize academic achievement. SAOF money is intended for qualified student-athletes with a financial need. It may be offered to identified student-athletes for clothing, graduate school fee assistance, course supplies, health insurance or summer school tuition assistance.”
Funding is also available to student-athletes when emergencies arise, such as the coverage of an airline ticket to attend a funeral service.
I have a sneaky suspicion some athlete-students are more equal than other athlete-students. Which I think is from the book Animal Farm.
I could not find how much each athlete-student received from this fund.