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How much will stipends affect college recruiting?

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — An athlete has two offers to decide where to play for the next four years. One comes with considerably more cash than the other.

It only sounds like free agency.

These days, it's college recruiting.

A new stipend that scholarship athletes are receiving to pay for some of the things that their scholarship doesn't cover could be a game changer for college sports, especially since some believe that recruits could wind up making decisions based on which institution can put the most cash in their pocket.

"Money is a big thing in everybody's lives, so when you see money, people are going to think, 'Well, this school is offering $5,000 more.