I had read that TU calculated their in state student's travel expenses to the farthest shore of the Mississippi that they could find in state. Also Bama's out of state students travel expenses were calculated at over $3,100, very close to UK's total COA at about $3 400, I believe.
Lots of creativity involved in these numbers, I believe. What scares me about Transfer U's numbers is there might be a mass migration of Louisville citizens to Lexington since they could commute to work from Lexington and still finish ahead of the game. Plus they would have a better city to live in. LOL.
COA's were created BEFORE athletes were paid on them.
All your grousing about cheating is silly. One came well before the other.
I do agree they should be standardized