On the heels of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Alston v. NCAA case that allows for student-athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, Oklahoma State has stepped up with a big decision: It will pay all of its scholarship athletes beginning in the fall semester of 2022 a whopping $5,980 — the maximum legally allowable — on an annual basis.
The money will come from the POSSE Star Fund, OSU announced in a release on Wednesday, allowing the school to provide financial support to athletes from all sports by capitalizing on the Alston decision and the Supreme Court’s ruling that universities can provide its student-athletes with additional education-related benefits that includes direct financial compensation in the form of academic achievement awards up to $5,980.