Re: 2019 Transfers
It is my understanding that when an athlete is injured that all medical costs of the injury are covered by the schools and any athletic aid the player was receiving is continued for as long as they remain in school. For most players that fully recover from their injury these costs paid by the schools are similar. Looking at the reported medical and insurance costs of the 32 public schools for which I have NCAA financial reports for from 2010 through 2018 the overall average annual cost was $508,501 with the median $216,700. That does not include the cost of exhausted eligibility or medical equivalency aid, which I have not tracked, but in 2016 Wisconsin reported a total of 31.69 such cases across all sports, 9.3% of the 339.12 overall athletic aid equivalencies granted. Based on the dollar amount reported that comes to about $1.3 million, plus another $656,407 of non specific athletic aid. Since I specifically cited Wisconsin as an example I will also mention that the school reported almost $2.4 million in medical expenses and/or medical insurance premiums. So that mean for 2016 Wisconsin paid between $2.4 million and $4.3 million due to injuries to athletes.
Sean
Originally posted by hockeydad23
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