🏈 The Impact of "Cost of Attendance" to recruiting

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[RollllTide!]

Do you think it cost more to go to Allbarn than Alabama. I can see this making a big difference in recruiting.
COA breakdown for the SEC

1. Tennessee $5,666 or $629 per month 9 months
2. Auburn $5,586
3. Mississippi State $5,126
4. Ole Miss $4,500
5. South Carolina $4,151
6. Arkansas $4,002
7. Missouri $3,664
8. Florida $3,320
9. LSU $3,096
10. Alabama $2,892
11. Vanderbilt $2,780
12. Texas A&M $2,706
13. Georgia $2,598 or $288 per month 9 months
14. Kentucky $2,284

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

 

[TerryP]

@It Takes Eleven Remember your discussion about McGarity and Kirby?
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How do you guys think Pruitt would react to hearing his Athletic Director say this?

Or, you're Kirby? You're Athletic Director just said this.

Obviously, there are schools in the SEC that would like to level the playing field, so to speak. There is quite a difference between a monthly check for $620 and $253.

“There are several of us who would like there to be some threshold there,” McGarity said. “Those at the top are not worried about it. Those at the bottom are concerned about it. There is more concern from those where it could be a recruiting disadvantage.”

Are some SEC schools at a competitive disadvantage?

“We don’t know,” McGarity said. “That would be answered by remarks from these young men and women would make at the appropriate time (in their recruiting).”​

 

[OldPlayer]

Do you think it cost more to go to Allbarn than Alabama. I can see this making a big difference in recruiting.
COA breakdown for the SEC

1. 
   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

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

One of the elements involved in calculating the cost is the travel expense to travel to/from the school from home. Therefore, the more players you have from greater distances, the more the cost increases. If Alabama dominates the state in recruiting, the cost is influenced by travel cost to drive. If AU gets a lot of players from California, their travel costs are impacted by airfare. CNS has identified his primary recruiting area as a five-hour drive.

 

[RollllTide!]

One of the elements involved in calculating the cost is the travel expense to travel to/from the school from home. Therefore, the more players you have from greater distances, the more the cost increases. If Alabama dominates the state in recruiting, the cost is influenced by travel cost to drive. If AU gets a lot of players from California, their travel costs are impacted by airfare. CNS has identified his primary recruiting area as a five-hour drive.

Allbarn has 2 players from Colorado and 1 from washington. The rest are from the south.
Alabama has 25 players from states other than the south. Driving to California or New York is beyond the 5 hours. Even driving to Texas is way more than 5 hours
Source

 

[OldPlayer]

Allbarn has 2 players from Colorado and 1 from washington. The rest are from the south.
Alabama has 25 players from states other than the south. Driving to California or New York is beyond the 5 hours. Even driving to Texas is way more than 5 hours
Source

Primary, not exclusive. Maybe pizza costs more in Opelika.

 

[psychojoe]

Primary, not exclusive. Maybe pizza costs more in Opelika.

I think its the high cost of trailer park insurance.

 

[rolltide66]

I was sure that as these numbers were "revised" that Alabama had found a way to increase the COA amount to get near the top of the list? As ZZTop would say, I could be mistaken?

 

[TerryP]

I think its the high cost of trailer park insurance.

While you're having a little fun, there's some truth here.

If you guys have been around Auburn's campus, and compared student housing to that of UA's, it doesn't take a realtors license or being certified as an appraiser to see the differences. Yet, Auburn calculates its housing to be $1200 more than Alabama's. They claim a $2000 dollar difference in what it takes to eat at Auburn versus Alabama. There's another $2000 difference in "other expenses."

You can get a little deeper into these numbers at collegefactual.com. (You'll probably need to jump to an incognito window to avoid registration.)

As a cursory example (in-state):

The University of Alabama offers students both housing and dining options. The on-campus housing cost for a typical student was $5,600 in 2014 - 2015 and the cost for a typical meal plan was $3,266.

Versus

Auburn University offers students both housing and dining options. The on-campus housing cost for a typical student was $6,892 in 2014 - 2015 and the cost for a typical meal plan was $5,286.

In the COA numbers cited above there's roughly $2700 difference between UA and AU.

Using the numbers above, there's a $3200 dollar difference between the two schools when it comes to room and board. Bama is more expensive when it comes to instate tuition to the tune of about $1300 .

Primary, not exclusive. Maybe pizza costs more in Opelika.

As you can see, travel expenses do come into play. However, it's not the primary difference between the two schools COA.

The elephant in the room, in my opinion, is how the cost of living is seemingly ignored. The last time I looked if you made 100K in Tuscaloosa and took the same job in Auburn, you'd be paid a little over 115K. Over a 15% difference with Tuscaloosa being more expensive BUT ...

 

[RollllTide!]

None of these statistics mean anything to a new recruit. Their tuition, room, and board are paid at any school so then monetary reward of $620 vs $253 will be weighed, along with facilities and the X factor. (What is their real reason that is important) Henry said winning championships. When I was that age I am not sure that Show me the Money wouldn't win out. IMHO

 

[RollllTide!]

While you're having a little fun, there's some truth here.

If you guys have been around Auburn's campus, and compared student housing to that of UA's, it doesn't take a realtors license or being certified as an appraiser to see the differences. Yet, Auburn calculates its housing to be $1200 more than Alabama's. They claim a $2000 dollar difference in what it takes to eat at Auburn versus Alabama. There's another $2000 difference in "other expenses."

You can get a little deeper into these numbers at collegefactual.com. (You'll probably need to jump to an incognito window to avoid registration.)

As a cursory example (in-state):

The University of Alabama offers students both housing and dining options. The on-campus housing cost for a typical student was $5,600 in 2014 - 2015 and the cost for a typical meal plan was $3,266.

Versus

Auburn University offers students both housing and dining options. The on-campus housing cost for a typical student was $6,892 in 2014 - 2015 and the cost for a typical meal plan was $5,286.

In the COA numbers cited above there's roughly $2700 difference between UA and AU.

Using the numbers above, there's a $3200 dollar difference between the two schools when it comes to room and board. Bama is more expensive when it comes to instate tuition to the tune of about $1300 .



As you can see, travel expenses do come into play. However, it's not the primary difference between the two schools COA.

The elephant in the room, in my opinion, is how the cost of living is seemingly ignored. The last time I looked if you made 100K in Tuscaloosa and took the same job in Auburn, you'd be paid a little over 115K. Over a 15% difference with Tuscaloosa being more expensive BUT ...

It's the bribe money to have to live in Allbarn.

 

[planomateo]

The sad thing in all of this, COA was intended to help pay for things that their scholarship didn't. Now they are sending money home or spending it on things it was never intended for.

From the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum earlier this month (December 9th and 10th) --(search #SBJIAF on twitter for way more detail).

 

[bamachine]

They need that extra, so they can buy several laptops, just in case Cam comes to visit.

 

[BamaFan334]

It's sad in a time of inflated tuition where most students are burdened with lifelong debt that schools like Alabama and Georgia that have some of the best rates in the country are getting penalized by all of this. Kids want more money, yet that means an expensive four years for more money, that in doubt hurt the other 98% of the students paying their way. What a crappy circle.

 

[Bamabrock]

Wait until the victory land cash machine opens back up. It is no coincidence that Aubarn had fallen on hard times as soon as it was shut down.

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