"Today, the Big 12 Conference continued its leadership in college athletics by adopting these student-athlete enhancements," said commissioner Bob Bowlsby. "Enacting these measures is an important step in the process of implementing a twenty-first century model that is responsive to the needs of our student-athletes. The Big 12 Conference will continue to be at the forefront of being a change agent in college athletics, and I am proud we have moved forward with these actions."
The decision to provide these services to student-athletes was approved unanimously and will go into effect August 1, 2015.
Providing the full cost of attendance for student-athletes goes beyond the usual providing of tuition, room and board and books. Now the schools will cover “other expenses reasonably related to attendance at the institution.”
With multi-year scholarships, a student-athlete is guaranteed full aid until an athlete’s eligibility has expired instead of having the scholarship renewed on a year-to-year basis.
"The progressive measures undertaken by our Board of Directors, Faculty Athletics Representatives, Athletic Directors, Senior Woman's Administrators, and Compliance Directors will enhance the lives of our student-athletes," said Big 12 Board of Directors chairman, and Oklahoma State University president Burns Hargis. "Each group has put forth tremendous time and effort to ensure that student-athlete welfare continues to be a priority in the Big 12. To underscore the importance of these steps, they are being adopted as Conference bylaws."
Previously, the Big Ten, ACC, SEC and Pac-12 have all formally recommended providing the full cost of attendance for their student-athletes.
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