Report: Minnesota to provide student-athletes financial support for academic success in fall of 2022
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are reportedly going to be offering financial support to student-athletes for academic success this fall. Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press reported on the news.
This comes after an NCAA rule change allowed universities to do so in 2020. ESPN stated that 22 of the 130 FBS schools are planning on doing the same, just like the Golden Gophers. For context, the University of Minnesota’s Athletics Department stated that its student-athletes had a cumulative GPA of 3.44 in the 2021 spring semester. This set a new school record.
Greder posted about the news from his Twitter account on Friday morning.
News: #Gophers said Friday it intent to provide student-athletes with financial support for academic success starting this fall.
Context: An NCAA rule change in 2020 permits it. ESPN earlier this week said 22 of 130 FBS-level schools had plans to do so, but did not list the U.
— Andy Greder (@andygreder) April 8, 2022
It’ll be interesting to see how much money is approved to give to student-athletes who have academic success.
