The SEC voted on Thursday to allow all 14 of its members to provide education-related benefits, as well as academic-based rewards, to its student-athletes. The voted passed unanimously.
The vote comes after Alston v. NCAA, a case in which the NCAA lost, with the court stating that the schools could not bar educational-related benefits to student-athletes.
The SEC released a press release and here is part of it:
“The Alston decision granted universities the opportunity to provide student-athletes with additional education-related benefits such as computers, science equipment and musical instruments, along with direct financial support in the form of academic achievement awards, up to the legally established maximum of $5,980 per year,”
SEC presidents and chancellors decided not to set a limit or constraints on how to provide the support to student-athletes.