[NU Sports] Pay to Play

[Roy S. Lamberton]

Most of us have probably forgotten the Texas A&M Quarterback who had a part time job in
Dallas on weekends.

He answered the phone at an oil company office, stayed for free in a company apartment
when working, and drove a company supplied car (A "Z" as O recall) - for this he was paid
around a grand a month.

Then there was the car dealer in Oklahoma who always gave the starting QB and a couple of
his friends a job at the dealership. Eventually the kid only came in to get his paycheck
and get his company car serviced....

Our guys back in those days all had really neat jobs on the Chicago Board of Trade,
(Linebackers made good apprentice floor traders), jobs that were only available to NU
student-athletes.

The rule against part time jobs was put in to stop alums from paying kids to "come to our
school" and the $100 handshake.

There has to be a way for a student athlete to make a few bucks while on campus - most of
non-athletes worked at something part time - I just don't know how you police it to keep
the "bad apples" from ruining the basket again.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
airsnod at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:45 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Pay to Play

But those struggling students can take any job they want to supplement their scholarship
without scrutiny, something athletes can't do. Additionally, as an NROTC student we got a
couple hundred bucks a months for miscellaneous expenses. I have no trouble with any
scholarship student, athletic or otherwise receiving some money, as long as every school
in each division pays the same.

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----- Reply message -----
From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
Date: Fri, May 20, 2011 10:23 pm
Subject: [NU Sports] Pay to Play
To: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>

 <I think this talk about a stipend is in part a recognition that a 
scholarship does not cover the basic costs of attending school and a kid 
from a struggling family.

And who covers the basic costs of attending school for the struggling 
engineering, music, history, etc. student, whose scholarship, if he/she has 
one, likely is only a partial, who works a job to pay the bills, who can 
probably look forward to paying back loans for years to come, doesn't eat at 
a special training table, doesn't have easy access to tutorws, etc.?  Yes, 
those students do not generate revenue for the university - as long as you 
forget the donations they will make to the university for years to come.

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