Anonymous
04/11/2014 12:34
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
I'm suspicious. When I went to uconn, I was a grad student but purchased a meal plan and ate in the athletes' dorm dining room b/c it had the biggest selection and longest hours. all of the athletes had meal plans...it was part of playing for that guy (b'ball head coach).
Also, when you were there for a meal, you could get a bagged lunch too. sandwich, fruit, chips, ect. walk out with a fruit in your hand. .really flexible lunch ladies.
Also, when you were there for a meal, you could get a bagged lunch too. sandwich, fruit, chips, ect. walk out with a fruit in your hand. .really flexible lunch ladies.
Anonymous
04/11/2014 12:31
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Anonymous wrote:College athletes are paid; scholarships allow them to take on little to no debt for a degree. Sure some never finish, but that is no different than the thousands of other college dropouts. If you have a full-ride you can still take out a student loan for living expenses which includes food.
As for the NOT being able to eat at a team mates home, that is garbage. We all know the rule is only there to prevent people from throwing parties for the athletes or bringing them to lavish restaurants as a reward for winning or agents buttering them up.
Actually you cannot take out a GSL if you have a full Grant in Aid. Some private lenders may do it though.
It is NOT garbage. I have a kid on scholarship and sure it can be done, but it has to be cleared and documented through the compliance office FIRST.
Anonymous
04/11/2014 12:03
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
College athletes are paid; scholarships allow them to take on little to no debt for a degree. Sure some never finish, but that is no different than the thousands of other college dropouts. If you have a full-ride you can still take out a student loan for living expenses which includes food.
As for the NOT being able to eat at a team mates home, that is garbage. We all know the rule is only there to prevent people from throwing parties for the athletes or bringing them to lavish restaurants as a reward for winning or agents buttering them up.
As for the NOT being able to eat at a team mates home, that is garbage. We all know the rule is only there to prevent people from throwing parties for the athletes or bringing them to lavish restaurants as a reward for winning or agents buttering them up.
Anonymous
04/11/2014 11:41
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe if UConn paid attention to the right rules instead of meal plan rules they would not have been ineligible last year
I worked for a major college football team for a number of years. Yes these guys are going to school on scholarships but so are peopel in the band, and for academics and other things. they are not drug tested, athletes are, they can hold jobs and due to practice and travel requirments athleetes can't. If they do have a job poeple suggest it is a cake job by a booster. yes that happens and happens at every school.
Look at how much the athletes bring into a school, at Texas football revenue was $103 million. Expenses were $25 million which includes scholarships, stadium payments, practice facilities etc.
If you look at it this way, 100 players on a team, each player makes the school $1 million what does it cost the school to have them there?
I can;t wiat until the NCAA crumbles. Students who are on scholarships, academic, athelteic, band, theatre, etc should all be paid.
Actually, the thought that schools are raking in the money on athletics is very, very incorrect. In 2012, only SEVEN schools broke even in sports.
Ya, sure. Colleges are cashing BIG TIME.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-schools-that-make-the-most-money-in-college-sports-2012-12
Anonymous
04/10/2014 20:11
Subject: Re:Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
The growing number of campus food banks (for students) has been in the news lately.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/more-college-students-battle-hunger-as-education-and-living-costs-rise/2014/04/09/60208db6-bb63-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/more-college-students-battle-hunger-as-education-and-living-costs-rise/2014/04/09/60208db6-bb63-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html
Anonymous
04/10/2014 18:21
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Maybe if UConn paid attention to the right rules instead of meal plan rules they would not have been ineligible last year
I worked for a major college football team for a number of years. Yes these guys are going to school on scholarships but so are peopel in the band, and for academics and other things. they are not drug tested, athletes are, they can hold jobs and due to practice and travel requirments athleetes can't. If they do have a job poeple suggest it is a cake job by a booster. yes that happens and happens at every school.
Look at how much the athletes bring into a school, at Texas football revenue was $103 million. Expenses were $25 million which includes scholarships, stadium payments, practice facilities etc.
If you look at it this way, 100 players on a team, each player makes the school $1 million what does it cost the school to have them there?
I can;t wiat until the NCAA crumbles. Students who are on scholarships, academic, athelteic, band, theatre, etc should all be paid.
Actually, the thought that schools are raking in the money on athletics is very, very incorrect. In 2012, only SEVEN schools broke even in sports.
Ya, sure. Colleges are cashing BIG TIME.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-schools-that-make-the-most-money-in-college-sports-2012-12
Anonymous
04/10/2014 15:31
Subject: Re:Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Anonymous wrote:Don't believe everything you read. Full ride athletic scholarships come with a meal card. That meal card means any athlete can eat as much as they want during cafeteria hours, anytime they want.
Weekends are up to you. That's where friends, family, part time jobs come in. If anyone is starving it's because they choose to.
This is about getting money. Every athlete is given a small stipend to cover personal essentials. Weed and beer, panty chasing, clubbing, come last. You hungry, GO EAT.
While I hear you, your post is not entirely accurate. My daughter played college basketball and the evening meal time conflicted with her practice time. And if they went to the all night snack bar to cash in dinner credit, it was NOT all you can eat.
Also, a scholarship athlete CANNOT hold a part time job in season - the NCAA does not allow it. And as PP said, NCAA rules restrict who can give you what. My daughter could NOT accept a meal from friends or the parents of friends. It was NOT allowed.
As far as the stipend, it may be a lot for big time revenue sports like football and at bigger schools. My daughter played for a "mid major" D1 in a high COL city. Their stipend did not go far at all. I am not validating Napier's story, but I saw it with my own kid.
Anonymous
04/10/2014 14:52
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Anonymous wrote:Maybe if UConn paid attention to the right rules instead of meal plan rules they would not have been ineligible last year
I worked for a major college football team for a number of years. Yes these guys are going to school on scholarships but so are peopel in the band, and for academics and other things. they are not drug tested, athletes are, they can hold jobs and due to practice and travel requirments athleetes can't. If they do have a job poeple suggest it is a cake job by a booster. yes that happens and happens at every school.
Look at how much the athletes bring into a school, at Texas football revenue was $103 million. Expenses were $25 million which includes scholarships, stadium payments, practice facilities etc.
If you look at it this way, 100 players on a team, each player makes the school $1 million what does it cost the school to have them there?
I can;t wiat until the NCAA crumbles. Students who are on scholarships, academic, athelteic, band, theatre, etc should all be paid.
Actually, the thought that schools are raking in the money on athletics is very, very incorrect. In 2012, only SEVEN schools broke even in sports.
Anonymous
04/10/2014 14:30
Subject: Re:Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
During cafeteria hours is the problem. If that's the only time REAL food is available then, yes, you might be hungry when you go to bed. I know I have hit the fridge for a coke and a couple of chicken legs at 11p because I was hungry. Nope, I wasn't burning calories practicing b-ball.Anonymous wrote:Don't believe everything you read. Full ride athletic scholarships come with a meal card. That meal card means any athlete can eat as much as they want during cafeteria hours, anytime they want.
Weekends are up to you. That's where friends, family, part time jobs come in. If anyone is starving it's because they choose to.
This is about getting money. Every athlete is given a small stipend to cover personal essentials. Weed and beer, panty chasing, clubbing, come last. You hungry, GO EAT.
Anonymous
04/10/2014 11:27
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Maybe if UConn paid attention to the right rules instead of meal plan rules they would not have been ineligible last year
I worked for a major college football team for a number of years. Yes these guys are going to school on scholarships but so are peopel in the band, and for academics and other things. they are not drug tested, athletes are, they can hold jobs and due to practice and travel requirments athleetes can't. If they do have a job poeple suggest it is a cake job by a booster. yes that happens and happens at every school.
Look at how much the athletes bring into a school, at Texas football revenue was $103 million. Expenses were $25 million which includes scholarships, stadium payments, practice facilities etc.
If you look at it this way, 100 players on a team, each player makes the school $1 million what does it cost the school to have them there?
I can;t wiat until the NCAA crumbles. Students who are on scholarships, academic, athelteic, band, theatre, etc should all be paid.
I worked for a major college football team for a number of years. Yes these guys are going to school on scholarships but so are peopel in the band, and for academics and other things. they are not drug tested, athletes are, they can hold jobs and due to practice and travel requirments athleetes can't. If they do have a job poeple suggest it is a cake job by a booster. yes that happens and happens at every school.
Look at how much the athletes bring into a school, at Texas football revenue was $103 million. Expenses were $25 million which includes scholarships, stadium payments, practice facilities etc.
If you look at it this way, 100 players on a team, each player makes the school $1 million what does it cost the school to have them there?
I can;t wiat until the NCAA crumbles. Students who are on scholarships, academic, athelteic, band, theatre, etc should all be paid.
Anonymous
04/10/2014 11:15
Subject: Re:Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Don't believe everything you read. Full ride athletic scholarships come with a meal card. That meal card means any athlete can eat as much as they want during cafeteria hours, anytime they want.
Weekends are up to you. That's where friends, family, part time jobs come in. If anyone is starving it's because they choose to.
This is about getting money. Every athlete is given a small stipend to cover personal essentials. Weed and beer, panty chasing, clubbing, come last. You hungry, GO EAT.
Weekends are up to you. That's where friends, family, part time jobs come in. If anyone is starving it's because they choose to.
This is about getting money. Every athlete is given a small stipend to cover personal essentials. Weed and beer, panty chasing, clubbing, come last. You hungry, GO EAT.
Anonymous
04/10/2014 11:06
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
Parents may not be given benefits, gifts, or discounts by institutions, other parents, or RAIs. Parents may not
receive discounted or free items or service based on their son or daughters status as a student-athlete (i.e.
special hotel rate, free meal, etc.)
Meals
On an occasional basis parents may provide a team with a meal, either while they are traveling or near the institution.
Meals in the home of a student-athlete’s parent must be preapproved and documented through the athletic
department.
Meals in a restaurant may not be paid for directly by parents. Rather, the team will pay for the meal, and the
family can contribute the cost of the meal to the department at a later time.
ALWAYS ASK BEFORE YOU ACT!
NCAA rules are in place to protect the integrity of college athletics, and while they may seem restrictive it is important to always seek the advice of the institution as you become closely involved with a team.
Heck, I would be afraid to eat too if I were a player!
receive discounted or free items or service based on their son or daughters status as a student-athlete (i.e.
special hotel rate, free meal, etc.)
Meals
On an occasional basis parents may provide a team with a meal, either while they are traveling or near the institution.
Meals in the home of a student-athlete’s parent must be preapproved and documented through the athletic
department.
Meals in a restaurant may not be paid for directly by parents. Rather, the team will pay for the meal, and the
family can contribute the cost of the meal to the department at a later time.
ALWAYS ASK BEFORE YOU ACT!
NCAA rules are in place to protect the integrity of college athletics, and while they may seem restrictive it is important to always seek the advice of the institution as you become closely involved with a team.
Heck, I would be afraid to eat too if I were a player!
Anonymous
04/10/2014 10:59
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
*my son and his friends*Anonymous wrote:I was listening to a conversation of my son and his in my home watching the game. They commented that all the energy expended to practice leaves these young players 'starving'. Three meals a day just isn't cutting it. They're burning 'thousands' of calories, and no wonder they're always hungry.
I notice that when my son has days of strenuous exercise, he is absolutely ravished when he comes home. While Shabazz Napier may have some financial issues, I think he just isn't getting enough food.
Remember, that if these kids even take a french fry from anybody, the school can be kicked out of the NCAA. They go to great lengths to avoid any presence of compromising NCAA rules. And that includes accepting food.
Anonymous
04/10/2014 10:59
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
I was listening to a conversation of my son and his in my home watching the game. They commented that all the energy expended to practice leaves these young players 'starving'. Three meals a day just isn't cutting it. They're burning 'thousands' of calories, and no wonder they're always hungry.
I notice that when my son has days of strenuous exercise, he is absolutely ravished when he comes home. While Shabazz Napier may have some financial issues, I think he just isn't getting enough food.
Remember, that if these kids even take a french fry from anybody, the school can be kicked out of the NCAA. They go to great lengths to avoid any presence of compromising NCAA rules. And that includes accepting food.
I notice that when my son has days of strenuous exercise, he is absolutely ravished when he comes home. While Shabazz Napier may have some financial issues, I think he just isn't getting enough food.
Remember, that if these kids even take a french fry from anybody, the school can be kicked out of the NCAA. They go to great lengths to avoid any presence of compromising NCAA rules. And that includes accepting food.
Anonymous
04/10/2014 10:50
Subject: Food Service Plans -UConn Basketball Player Napier goes to bed hungry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/08/national-champ-uconns-napier-says-he-goes-to-bed-starving/?hpid=z2
Sad. I have children in college and see dramatic differences in food service plans. The most liberal is per meal unlimited quantities plus allows extra take-out so a student could have a sandwich later assuming there was a fridge to put it in. Many schools have a la carte plans which are fine for smaller people but expensive for large athletes. Note the UVA plan for athletes is pricier than other plans.
Sad. I have children in college and see dramatic differences in food service plans. The most liberal is per meal unlimited quantities plus allows extra take-out so a student could have a sandwich later assuming there was a fridge to put it in. Many schools have a la carte plans which are fine for smaller people but expensive for large athletes. Note the UVA plan for athletes is pricier than other plans.