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Full-scholarship student-athletes at Mississippi State, along with other Power 5 and FBS schools, will receive a full cost-of-attendance stipend beginning this year. We take a look at MSU’s plans for helping athletes manage that money below.
Mississippi State helping student-athletes manage stipend
By JOEL COLEMAN
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Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen shouldn’t have much reason to worry about his finances these days. Now entering his seventh season with the Bulldogs, Mullen will be paid an average salary of $4.275 million over the next four years, courtesy of a contract extension he signed following last season.