Originally Posted by John C.
No sure why people are going after the athletes. It's a job. Just pay them.
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I agree it is a job...and they have been getting paid. Room, board, tuition and spending accounts. I know a former volleyball scholarship player that graduated from UD with about $20,000 in the bank, a lot of it from scholarship money. She wasn’t a big spender, so when they got stipends, etc she never spent it all and she banked that. They all have accounts at the bookstore. She had to work to spend that all every semester. When family came to watch her play, she always got them a t-shirt. Same with birthdays and Christmas for her immediate family. I think she had to spend the bookstore account money every semester — it did not roll over. But there are other things they receive cash/checks for. So they get paid folks. All within NCAA rules. Some just aren’t smart about how they spend it. In this case, she also worked summers while staying in Dayton to train as a team. School didn’t pay for any of that. But, she left with enough for a down payment on a condo. Smart girl. Others blow through theirs and now they are going to get more which I think will cause even bigger financial issues including tax issues. It isn’t always greener.