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Student-Athletes on Full-Scholarship still pay thousands in expenses

  • lhslep134
    Refer to my edited post.

    You can't tell me that I "cannot deny" something that didn't have the opportunity to manifest itself, so my answer is we'll never know. For you to say "you cannot deny" is absolutely illogical.
  • Commander of Awesome
    copycat dumbass;533393 wrote:Idiot post #1 on this thread. Other students don't generate revenue.

    To answer the original question, no they don't need more. They are still eligible to take out loans for their living expenses if they need money.

    Don't bite my style pussy. lolfail.
  • thedynasty1998
    lhslep134;533578 wrote:Refer to my edited post.

    You can't tell me that I "cannot deny" something that didn't have the opportunity to manifest itself, so my answer is we'll never know. For you to say "you cannot deny" is absolutely illogical.

    We can agree to disagree, but it's hard to imagine Brandon Jennings not improving his marketability with one year of college.
  • sjmvsfscs08
    sleeper;533418 wrote:Are you really going to get into specifics and try to find exceptions?

    I'm on a full-ride to Ohio State and I don't play any sports and I'm a good ol' fashioned upper-class non-disabled straight white male. What exception am I? PLENTY of students get scholarships.
  • lhslep134
    sjmvsfscs08;533601 wrote:I'm on a full-ride to Ohio State and I don't play any sports and I'm a good ol' fashioned upper-class non-disabled straight white male. What exception am I? PLENTY of students get scholarships.

    Yeah I'm on an academic scholarship too. There's countless of them here.
  • sleeper
    I don't really care about academic scholarships, they are irrelevant to the discussion.

    The point is, an athletic scholarship is a good deal, anyway you slice it. Stop bitching for more.
  • thedynasty1998
    sleeper;533926 wrote:I don't really care about academic scholarships, they are irrelevant to the discussion.

    The point is, an athletic scholarship is a good deal, anyway you slice it. Stop bitching for more.

    It's not irrelevant by any means. Those students who are on academic scholarship can still work a job.
  • Hb31187
    Most of these students have their entire education paid for them...they dont deserve anything more. I would hope no D1 athletes think the universities need to give them more than they already do.
  • thedynasty1998
    Hb31187;534736 wrote:Most of these students have their entire education paid for them...they dont deserve anything more. I would hope no D1 athletes think the universities need to give them more than they already do.

    Go tell Harrison Barnes that instead of playing in the NBA this year and making $3 million a year, that his tuition of $30,000 is more than enough.
  • Con_Alma
    For what the university would provide to him it would be enough. If Mr. Barnes feels he has greater value and could receive the compensation for that value he should go try and get it . He can try and take money instead of an education if he chooses.

    We all have decisions to make. The NCAA has made a decision to keep athletes true amateurs and some athletes have said no thank you.

    I don't see a need to change that.
  • Hb31187
    Playing in the NBA is not an option for him, so really he cant be making 3 million dollars this year. If he really wanted money that bad he could go overseas. Instead hes going to prep for the NBA at a good school, and getting it all paid for except for petty things he might need for class(that he probably wont go to that often) and personal expenses. I feel reallllly bad for him....only not really
  • thedynasty1998
    Have the last two posters even read this thread?
  • Con_Alma
    Yep...the whole thing.
  • Big Gain
    An ROTC scholarship includes $300-500/month "laundry money". An athlete has dirty clothes, why can't their athletic scholarships include $500/month to wash their clothes?

    One of my daughter's many scholarships was for being the "ugliest" bartender at Ohio U. Ugly = best looking. Athletes, get out there and tend bar, bus or wait tables, smile, be friendly, talk intelligently, dress neatly and get a little pocket money.

    The question is, if you are too "poor and underprivileged" to pay a parking ticket how can you afford the car, gas and insurance? Live in a dorm(athletic) and walk or ride a bicycle. Or are you too important?
  • Big Gain
    Hb31187;534749 wrote:Playing in the NBA is not an option for him, so really he cant be making 3 million dollars this year. If he really wanted money that bad he could go overseas. Instead hes going to prep for the NBA at a good school, and getting it all paid for except for petty things he might need for class(that he probably wont go to that often) and personal expenses. I feel reallllly bad for him....only not really

    Barnes could play overseas this year and easily make 3 million.
  • sjmvsfscs08
    Big Gain;535724 wrote:Athletes, get out there and tend bar, bus or wait tables, smile, be friendly, talk intelligently, dress neatly and get a little pocket money.

    Some athletes do. I work with a football player, a cheerleader, and a swimmer.
  • jmog
    FYI, they weren't saying paying the parking TICKETS, they were saying they have to pay the parking FEES. Nearly all college charge students in order to get a parking pass to park on campus.

    On topic, I think the SAs are doing "ok".
  • krambman
    Big Gain;535724 wrote:An ROTC scholarship includes $300-500/month "laundry money". An athlete has dirty clothes, why can't their athletic scholarships include $500/month to wash their clothes?

    ROTC members have to wear their uniforms all the time and they are inspected when wearing them, so they have to be cleaned regularly. An athletes wardrobe is not being inspected everyday and the only items of clothing they have that need cleaned regularly are being cleaned for them by the equipment staff.
    Big Gain;535724 wrote:One of my daughter's many scholarships was for being the "ugliest" bartender at Ohio U. Ugly = best looking. Athletes, get out there and tend bar, bus or wait tables, smile, be friendly, talk intelligently, dress neatly and get a little pocket money.
    Pics or it never happened!
    Big Gain;535724 wrote:The question is, if you are too "poor and underprivileged" to pay a parking ticket how can you afford the car, gas and insurance? Live in a dorm(athletic) and walk or ride a bicycle. Or are you too important?
    The OP was wrong when he said parking tickets. The article talked about parking fees, like a parking pass that nearly ever college in America charges for. No school would ever pay an athletes parking tickets. I don't think parking passes should be covered since not every athlete has a car, and they should all get the same scholarship.
  • Hb31187
    Big Gain;535749 wrote:Barnes could play overseas this year and easily make 3 million.

    And nobody stopped him from doing so
  • thedynasty1998
    Hb31187;536131 wrote:And nobody stopped him from doing so

    The point I was making earlier is that he wouldn't hurt his brand by going overseas. He plays well in his one year of college and then signs with Nike for $3 million a year. If he goes overseas he signs his endorsement deal for $200,000 a year.