[NU Sports] FW: interesting column by NU alum Darren Rovell

[Jim Leonard]

I think it would be a mistake to pay players or give them a jersey sales 
revenue. The concept of student-athlete is hanging on by a thread. However, I 
think there is a simple way avoid players taking 90% discounts on shoes or 
selling jerseys on eBay. I think they should be able to take out small spending 
money loans. 


The NCAA rules all but band them from working, even in the summer it's tricky. 
However, a scholarship athelete will graduate without the student loan debt of 
his classmates. Let's say the average college graduate has $16,000 in student 
loans. Why not let scholarship athletes borrow up to $4,000 a year so that they 
have spending money when they are in school? Then they can get on a loan 
repayment program and pay interest like everyone else. They'd be (presumably) no 
worse off than their non-scholarship classmates. 


Go Cats!
Jim

 


----- Original Message ----
From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
To: "nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com" <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 4:22:33 AM
Subject: [NU Sports] FW: interesting column by NU alum Darren Rovell

http://www.cnbc.com/id/39419901


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