Big 5 pass cost of attendance as NCAA autonomy begins

The five most powerful and wealthiest conferences in college sports passed NCAA legislation that increases the value of an athletic scholarship by several thousand dollars to cover the federally determined actual cost of attendance. Legislative autonomy for the Big Five – the Big Ten, Big 12, Atlantic Coast Conference, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference – was voted in last year and Saturday at the NCAA convention was their first chance to use it. The group of 65 schools is now allowed to pass legislation on its own, without the support of the schools in the other 27 conferences that make up Division I. – AP