Tally it Up
- Scholarships
- Room and Board
- Meal plans
- Free professional development
- Totals to $50,000 - $125,000 per year
When you consider student athletes frequently get full or partial scholarships, room and board paid for, transportation, abundant meal plans, and free professional development training (media training, life skills, networking), these value added services come to total $50-125k year.
Lance who went to Ole Miss on a football scholarship has shared with me some information regarding what he received as a student athlete including paid out of state tuition totaling $19,144 and room and board totaling $9,908.