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Message: [QUOTE="syracuse95, post: 3474105, member: 860"] It’s not really an 11,000 stipend, it’s a creative use of the board portion of the athletic scholarship. The NCAA changed the food rules for athletes (including walk ons) about 5 years ago, which allowed the athletic departments to provide them with essentially unlimited meals. This is in addition to the meal plan cost included in their scholarship. So the athletes eat the meals provided by the athletic department and can then take the meal plan portion of the room and board in cash. SU’s 3/day meal plan is about 5000 per semester. So the scholarship athletes can get this amount in cash payments. The walk ons benefit by not having to buy a meal plan. In addition the this amount, they also get a full cost of attendance stipend. At SU that’s only a couple thousand a year. [/QUOTE]