[NU Sports] Pay to Play

[Roy S. Lamberton]

My youngest son, who is attending a local university but living off the campus, was given
a credit card with the total amount of his scholarship/loan award to spend as he saw fit. 

 

He can use the card to pay for tuition, school supplies, a new laptop, virtually anything
you can use a basic credit card for as he finishes his education. (including beer at the
bar)

 

Right now, I think athletes have an account with the book store, a meal pass at the
cafeteria and essentially a free ride on fees and tuition. Kids on need scholarships get
additional money to spend as they wish - athletic scholarships limit everything to school
expenses period and the NCAA considers additional money a no-no.

 

That kind of thinking leads to the $100 handshake after the game, or a $20 slipped into a
locker - sure times have changed, but the big time booster alums will always find a way to
reward top football and basketball players. 

 

What I think everyone is missing is that if you pay football and basketball players
additional money, you have to pay every scholarship sport that "living expense" or you
lose the concept of fairness in the athletic departments. Kids in the non-revenue
producing sports usually get half, third and quarter scholarships. Do you then prorate the
awards?

 

I'm sure that is what the NCAA and the big conferences are wrestling with right now.

 

rsl

 

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.

Computer Applications & Support Associates

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From: Tom Maycock [mailto:tkmaycock at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:04 PM
To: Roy S. Lamberton; MHRJGScott at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Pay to Play

 

Not kidding--it's been reported in several sources that the B10 is looking at the
possibility of additional stipends of some kind. For example:

 

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/15079622/sec-commish-slive-open-to-talk-abo
ut-full-cost-scholarships

 

Tom

 

 


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From: Roy S. Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
To: MHRJGScott at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Pay to Play

Was that Wilbon, or Kornhauser?

And were they kidding?

rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
Computer Applications & Support Associates
-------------------- Also ----------------------
"Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
Director Media Relations - Little League 
  Senior League Softball World Series
CTR2 USN (67-70) - CTRCS USNR (Ret) (64-67/70-95)
Northwestern University - Speech 1974 - 
Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
================================================
Opinions expressed above are mine alone and are not
those of any organizations of which I am a member.
------------------------------------------------
We the people of the United States, in order to 
form a more perfect union, establish justice, 
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the 
common defense, promote the general welfare, 
and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves 
and our posterity, do ordain and establish 
this Constitution for the United States of America.
==========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ===========


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
MHRJGScott at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 5:50 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Pay to Play

PTI is reporting that the BT is considering paying football players a few  
grand per year, sounds good to me, comments?
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