No More Hungry Student Athletes

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2014/04/16/NCAA-Approves-Unlimited-Food

"Division I student-athletes can receive unlimited meals and snacks in conjunction with their athletics participation, the Legislative Council decided Tuesday. The rule, which applies to walk-ons as well as scholarship student-athletes, is an effort to meet the nutritional needs of all student-athletes."
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It's nice to see they included the walk-ons. I remember when Phil Missere was given a full scholarship. Although he was entitled to a "free" education since his father was a professor at the school, Phil as a walk-on could not receive the same "benefits" as the scholarship players and that included the "training table" as some schools refer to the meal plan for athletes.
 
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This is stupid.. Unlimited meals? If I were still in college I'd tell all my buddies who weren't athletes to not buy a meal plan. In exchange for feeding them for a semester I'd get money and free weed in exchange. SMH this will open up a can of worms
 
This is stupid.. Unlimited meals? If I were still in college I'd tell all my buddies who weren't athletes to not buy a meal plan. In exchange for feeding them for a semester I'd get money and free weed in exchange. SMH this will open up a can of worms
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Hahaha I don't think this is going to be a big deal. Most college cafeterias are all-you-can-eat anyway. I can't remember smuggling food out to friends. Most dorming packages have a mandatory meal plan attached anyway. I doubt this opens up some kind of black market.
 
Nappier complained he went to bed starving a lot this season because he had no money for food.
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First of all, I find it hard to believe that Nappier went to bed starving. I just don't buy that he had no money at all for food.

But here is the tuition cost for one year for 2012-2013:
Connecticut resident - $23,472
Non-Conn resident - $41,304

Nappier is from Roxbury, MA...so it would have cost him a little over $165K to attend UConn as a non-scholarship player....and he went for free!! If he needed money for food that bad, why can't he take out a private/personal loan for say like $10K to cover his food and other expenses over the 4yr period? He would still come out of the unversity of connecticut only owing 10K in student loans. I would say that he would be in better position than about 98% of recent college graduates. Sorry, but I just don't feel bad for the kid.

As for the topic of all D1 athletes getting free meal plans. Sure this is a great idea for athletes who play one of the major sports, but what will happen to the athletes who play the sports that pretty much offer no financial value to the universities, and are there only because of Title IX? What is the value added of a D1 female lacrosse team who only averages 200 fans a game? Pretty much nothing. So here is my concern...what will the university do with that team who offers them nothing financially? They will eliminate that program/team. But guess what, you eliminate that female team, then you must eliminate a male team (thanks again Title IX). And slowly but surely all that will remain are the major college sports.

While its a nice concept to offer all D1 athletes free food, I just don't think it is realistic. This rule is based on the assumption that all sports are and should be weighed the same, and they just aren't.
 
Nappier complained he went to bed starving a lot this season because he had no money for food.

This is such BS on Napier's behalf, I'm shocked it got the play it did. From CNN:

"UConn's student-athlete handbook lays out provisions for dining and says athletes can eat in any residence hall between 7 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.

"If you live off campus and your grant-in-aid includes meals, you may use your stipend to purchase an on-campus meal plan. ... This will entitle you to eat in any of the facilities," the handbook states (PDF).

Phil Chardis, a spokesman for UConn athletics, issued a statement to that effect, telling CNN that "Napier, like all our scholarship athletes, is provided the maximum meal plan that is allowable under NCAA rules. UConn does not have a cafeteria devoted specifically to student-athletes, but they have access to the same cafeterias which are available to all our students."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/us/ncaa-basketball-finals-shabazz-napier-hungry/

Additional note: the UConn cafeterias are all-you-can-eat. So nothing was stopping Napier from taking additional food home with him after he stuffed his face at the cafeteria.
 
This is stupid.. Unlimited meals? If I were still in college I'd tell all my buddies who weren't athletes to not buy a meal plan. In exchange for feeding them for a semester I'd get money and free weed in exchange. SMH this will open up a can of worms
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Yep I can see it now, sellling the use of their card for money. Wonder if that could lead to ncaa violations? How can the school monitor that? There might be a way if they use fingerprint codes that have to be used when the meal is purchased. Otherwise some student upset over something (a la Keita) will blow the whistle and the school will get hit with violations.
 
I think the "starving" thing is just another step in the unionization thing direction that in my estimation will dramatically change the game. For some reason ESPN and other sport writers seem to be looking at this as a good thing for the "student athletes." Most of the stuff I have heard seems to be going toward unionizing.
I think the only answer to this is to say to the athletes, you have to choose between being a student athlete or and employee. If you choose the latter, then You will receive all the benefits that unionization will get you, however if you opt for that then you have to pay your own way to school, maybe at a discount. The courses that they could take would be very basic so when they leave for whatever they choose at least they can communicate at a good High School level. Union benefits or choose to go to school and receive an education that would cost upward of 175K. It is a fact that a very small percentage of student athletes ever get to earn a living at the sport(s) they play. I think the smartest thing they could do is work toward getting a stipend to make living a little easier.
The student athlete would make an intelligent choice by going to school on a ride, with a few benefits is going to be alot better prepared for the world ahead, than going to school on their own dime, and not really getting prepared for life. Just thinking out loud....
 
Nappier complained he went to bed starving a lot this season because he had no money for food.

This is such BS on Napier's behalf, I'm shocked it got the play it did. From CNN:

"UConn's student-athlete handbook lays out provisions for dining and says athletes can eat in any residence hall between 7 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.

"If you live off campus and your grant-in-aid includes meals, you may use your stipend to purchase an on-campus meal plan. ... This will entitle you to eat in any of the facilities," the handbook states (PDF).

Phil Chardis, a spokesman for UConn athletics, issued a statement to that effect, telling CNN that "Napier, like all our scholarship athletes, is provided the maximum meal plan that is allowable under NCAA rules. UConn does not have a cafeteria devoted specifically to student-athletes, but they have access to the same cafeterias which are available to all our students."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/us/ncaa-basketball-finals-shabazz-napier-hungry/

Additional note: the UConn cafeterias are all-you-can-eat. So nothing was stopping Napier from taking additional food home with him after he stuffed his face at the cafeteria.
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All-you-can-eat cafeterias usually don't allow you to take stuff out of the cafeteria. I know that's the case at St. John's.
 
Nappier complained he went to bed starving a lot this season because he had no money for food.

This is such BS on Napier's behalf, I'm shocked it got the play it did. From CNN:

"UConn's student-athlete handbook lays out provisions for dining and says athletes can eat in any residence hall between 7 a.m. and 7:15 p.m.

"If you live off campus and your grant-in-aid includes meals, you may use your stipend to purchase an on-campus meal plan. ... This will entitle you to eat in any of the facilities," the handbook states (PDF).

Phil Chardis, a spokesman for UConn athletics, issued a statement to that effect, telling CNN that "Napier, like all our scholarship athletes, is provided the maximum meal plan that is allowable under NCAA rules. UConn does not have a cafeteria devoted specifically to student-athletes, but they have access to the same cafeterias which are available to all our students."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/us/ncaa-basketball-finals-shabazz-napier-hungry/

Additional note: the UConn cafeterias are all-you-can-eat. So nothing was stopping Napier from taking additional food home with him after he stuffed his face at the cafeteria.
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All-you-can-eat cafeterias usually don't allow you to take stuff out of the cafeteria. I know that's the case at St. John's.
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They don't call it the Freshman Fifteen for nothing! I never had a problem taking food from Montgorris or from Uconn cafeterias. Uconn meal plans include money students can use at on campus restaurants like Subway which are open all night. Also, you should see the spreads these athletes get for pre and post game meals. They also get stipends for road trips. On top of that, they get all kinds of sports nutrition drinks and goodies. I never went to bed hungry as a student athlete.
 
I'm pretty sure Shabbaz Napier was speaking in hyperbole. Many D1 athletes come from economic situations where they don't have money in their pockets and can't work because of the committment to a sport. He was just trying to use the platform to make a very important point IMO; maybe I am wrong but that's how I took it.
 
I'm pretty sure Shabbaz Napier was speaking in hyperbole. Many D1 athletes come from economic situations where they don't have money in their pockets and can't work because of the committment to a sport. He was just trying to use the platform to make a very important point IMO; maybe I am wrong but that's how I took it.
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He may have been speaking generally, but he certainly didn't appear to be speaking in hyperbole.
In any event, athletes have and will always be well taken care of.
 
I'm pretty sure Shabbaz Napier was speaking in hyperbole. Many D1 athletes come from economic situations where they don't have money in their pockets and can't work because of the committment to a sport. He was just trying to use the platform to make a very important point IMO; maybe I am wrong but that's how I took it.
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He may have been speaking generally, but he certainly didn't appear to be speaking in hyperbole.
In any event, athletes have and will always be well taken care of.
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Personally, I found Napier's comment to be self-serving and disingenuous. Most D-1 (especially, major D-1) athletes are taken care of. Not to mention, Napier is probably the most popular guy on UConn's campus (I'm including staff, administration and, of course, student body). Starving alright....

He was just regurgitating the company line, per collegiate players of late.
 
Strange I took it as "I just got back to my room and smoked up with my friends no I dont have any money to satisfy my Munchies.": Why should he be any different than most college students in the dorm.
 
I'm pretty sure Shabbaz Napier was speaking in hyperbole. Many D1 athletes come from economic situations where they don't have money in their pockets and can't work because of the committment to a sport. He was just trying to use the platform to make a very important point IMO; maybe I am wrong but that's how I took it.
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He may have been speaking generally, but he certainly didn't appear to be speaking in hyperbole.
In any event, athletes have and will always be well taken care of.
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No, they are not. Of course my definition of well taken care of is much different than yours. There are many athletes outside of your apparent narrow scope of big time D1 schools who are anything but well taken care of. For that matter watch the Real Sports piece on North Carolina football and tell me all athletes are well taken care of. I am far from a bleeding heart liberal but that school exploited players period and NC is far from alone in that.
 
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