re: The dodge charger is real...

Has been going on for decades, and yes, at LSU, too. Was 12 years old, am now 62, when I first saw it happen and it was a Dodge Charger, forest green, hoops in this instance

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Bama must have a handshake with the local dealership.

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By handshake I assume you mean elephant walk?

There's a reason Gumps and Aggies are BFFs.

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College athletes gets stipends for every semester they are on scholarship. Enough to afford the note on a car in that price range.

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Yes, this is the correct answer.

Yet some stipends are MUCH bigger than others. Last time I saw the SEC comparison, LSU was in the bottom of that group.

I’ll say it again. Whatever Bama is doing with those chargers is obviously ok with the ncaa. LSU and the fanbase need to do the exact same thing with an even better vehicle and quit worrying about what Bama is doing.

I saw a few LSU players on campus driving around in chargers when I was in school seven years ago. Don’t act like we’re all clean on the recruiting trail.

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Yet some stipends are MUCH bigger than others. Last time I saw the SEC comparison, LSU was in the bottom of that group.

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Correct, I'm pretty sure we're in the lower third, or close to it. There's a list published every year by the Dept of Ed. In the context of using stipend for recruiting, Bama is not at the top. So the stipend doesn't explain it all.

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The stipend is computed by each universitys finance dept based on the cost of living in that area. Somehow the cost of living in alabama is higher by far than anywhere else in the country. Who would have known?

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This isn't correct. The "cost of education" is reported by the school, for the whole school (not just athletes), to the DOE. It can be pretty much whatever they want it to be. Most schools (probably all) are reluctant to inflate it because that is one thing looked at by potential students, especially OOS, and they want to keep enrollment numbers up.

It CAN be inflated by several means, including pulling numbers out of thin air. An example of "reasonable" means is to include the cost of intramural facilities as "gym membership" and then you can grossly exaggerate it, use local market value, or not include it at all.

My main point being that number the stipend is based off of is generated by the school itself, and it has huge financial implications outside athletics.

Fournette had a BMW before he was drafted

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Correct, I'm pretty sure we're in the lower third, or close to it.

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true

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In the context of using stipend for recruiting, Bama is not at the top.

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The stipend that Bama players get is at the top. Even higher than really expensive place like schools in California or the Northeast coast.

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This isn't correct. The "cost of education" is reported by the school, for the whole school (not just athletes), to the DOE. It can be pretty much whatever they want it to be.

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It includes the cost of transportation, Laundry, Food, Rent, etc.

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Most schools (probably all) are reluctant to inflate it because that is one thing looked at by potential students, especially OOS, and they want to keep enrollment numbers up.

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Bama doesn't seem worried at all about inflating those numbers and it works out pretty good for their players as now they get paid more above the table as well as below the table than football players at any other school

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My main point being that number the stipend is based off of is generated by the school itself,

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this is just another area we have to step it up if we want to be competitive in recruiting. To a young recruit who grew up poor their is a big difference in $2800 per semester vs close to $5000 per semester and this is before other above the table pay such as summer jobs(where Bama players are also paid ridiculous amounts per hour to do nothing) and doesn't include all the below the table pay and benefits such as housing and jobs for relatives and vehicles at far below market pricing (marked down to almost nothing due to alledged issues with the vehicle). They are all in on the game.

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Bro, if you think this doesn't happen at LSU and damn near every major university, then you are naive as frick.

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they are just more blatant and do it in larger amounts. Do you think anyone else could get away with the ridiculous stipend amount their players get paid. It is supposed to be base off of additional costs to education at that school (fast food, laundry, rent and other expenses a student might have) in that area. So it costs way more out of pocket for a student going to Bama in Tuscalousa then one living in BR going to LSU or Los Angeles going to UCLA or Boston going to Boston U?