Sports in brief (St. Petersburg Times)
**Times staff, wires**
Saturday, January 14, 2012
**Colleges**
NCAa board puts kink in stipend issue
INDIANAPOLIS — Recruits who sign letters of intent in February and April will
not have access to an extra $2,000 in expense money after the NCAA’s Division
I board of directors delayed a decision on the new stipend Saturday.
On the NCAA convention’s final day, the board had been expected to modify
language for compliance with Title IX regulations and partial scholarships.
Instead, it asked a working group to make a new proposal in April.
Recruits who signed letters of intent in November will be able to collect the
money they were promised.
The board sent a clearer message on another hot-button issue, multiyear
scholarships. It sent to the full membership for a vote legislation that would
allow athletes to keep the full value of their scholarship for the length of
their eligibility. Previously, scholarships were renewed annually based solely
on athletic performance.
The full vote is online in February.
The board rejected a proposed scholarship cut in football and women’s
basketball and the elimination of foreign tours.
**Football**: Oregon quarterback **Darro****n Thomas** said he will forgo his
senior year, joining teammate and running back **LaMich****ael …
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