UMaine to offer ‘cost of attendance’ funds for scholarship hoop players, BDN reports
The Bangor Daily News reported that in addition to athletic scholarships that cover tuition, room and board, and textbooks, the University of Maine will begin providing men’s and women’s basketball players money for other costs related to attending school. In 2015, the NCAA established a policy so student-athletes receiving a full scholarship also were eligible for funds to meet the full cost of attendance. America East will require member schools to offer these funds to men’s basketball players by the start of the 2020–21 season to elevate the league’s profile, the BDN reported. “[America East is] saying you just have to do it for men’s basketball, but honestly when you’re thinking about Title IX and gender equity-related concerns, you better be providing it for women’s basketball as well,” UMaine athletic director Ken Ralph told the BDN.