ACC cautiously moving forward with new rules on scholarships

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — For the first time in decades, the value of a college athletic scholarship is changing, although there are plenty of questions as to what that means and what unintended consequences it could have.

ACC athletic directors and football coaches spent time at the league’s spring meetings this week discussing how to implement “cost of attendance” scholarships, which were approved by the now-autonomous Power Five conferences in January. The new rules allow for schools to offer scholarship athletes an additional cash stipend, starting this year, to cover ancillary expenses such as clothing, travel and food that might not be covered by the base scholarship.

While there’s…