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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whether you play or not:

first choice in housing picks
first choice in classes - ability to get into full classes
free medical care including MRI if necessary
1000 debit card stipend every month
free food
free European trip during spring break
free tutors in special study  halls

You don't need to dip a toe on the playing field to enjoy these if you are a recruited athlete.[/quote]

That is simply wrong

Dorm life for athletes is really based on where the athletic facilities are for that particular team.  Getting in a dorm that would mean an extra 20 minute walk each way adds 40 minutes of time.  You live in the dorm (and as a freshman) so you can be close to the training facilities.  Also - you live in the dorm that services athletes so that you have longer cafeteria hours.  If the school has cafeterias based on dorms.  Practice often ends after regular cafeteria hours are done.

You can get into classes and you do typically schedule first.  But, that does not mean you can take classes you want.  The class actually has to be offered during the times when you have available, and the class has to allow for missing it when the team is on the road.  Lots of classes dont monitor attendance.  Lab classes and classes with required group activities are not workable during the season.  You have to be able to do the work on the road.  Not a problem for most, but you won't be practicing an instrument or doing an art project on the road.  And, of course, the big deal is when you hit Junior and Senoir level courses.  They are typically sequenced so you do not take Mgmt 430 until you have completed Mgmt 225 and Stats 330.  But, you can't take Stats 330 until next Spring, and you you need Mgmt 430 this term or you will be staying over until next Fall.  Oops.  The sequenced class thing absolutely kills athletes working toward degrees.

Payments - some schools do have some payment plan to help students.  In the 2 Big 10 schools that I am familiar with this is 100 a month when in school.

Free food is the same as every student who is living in a dorm.  But, most students and most athletes do not live in the dorm beyond Sophomore year.  Food can be obtained on campus in dorms.\\
  
Non-sports season team travel -- can be a thing but mostly is not.  Title IX kicks in.  Schools do not like the extra issues associated with it.

Tutors and study halls - you can make use of tutors who are typically the same ones every larger college offers students though the required study hall time does mean that they will have someone there rather than in say the student library. For freshman, study table as it is called is typically required and time is tracked.  Once you establish a minimum GPA (say 3.0) then it is not required.]]

The primary benefit my kid liked was laundry service.  You ever wondered why athletes at your school wore team gear around?  Showing off maybe?  Mostly it was because team gear could be washed by the laundry service.  Put it in your laundry bag and toss in the cart.  A day or two later it would be back in your locker.  Not pretty.  Not flattering.  But, you did not have to wash it.

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As to the two PPs, this is all HIGHLY dependent on the school, the sport, etc. [/quote]

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