Now that full cost-of-attendance athletic scholarships have been given the green light--they'll go into effect for the 2015-16 school year--athletics departments across the country are facing new headaches. It's not so much the expenditure, at least not for the Power 5, but more the gap in cost-of-attendance figures between schools. Some will be able to offer thousands more than others, which has obvious recruiting implications.
This fact certainly hasn't eluded Debbie Yow, as this story by Brad Wolverton of The Chronicle of Higher Education illustrates. The Chronicle obtained numerous emails between Yow and other athletics department employees discussing the matter--some creativity is going to be necessary if State's going to be able to bump its COA figure in any impactful way.