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Date: Jul 20, 2004

Recruiting Strategy

Date: Jul 20, 2004

if you give all students one, including athletes, i think it's okay with the NCAA. it's only when athletes get perks that other students don't that you have problems.

Date: Jul 20, 2004

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Originally posted by: stinky cheese man
"if you give all students one, including athletes, i think it's okay with the NCAA. it's only when athletes get perks that other students don't that you have problems."

I think you're right S-C-M, but there is also some NCAA "wording" that scholarships or "perks" must not exceed certain dollar amounts compared to those other students receive or they have their athletic scholarship reduced. In some cases, scholarships awarded to athletes within departments can make an athlete "give" back some of their (athletic) scholarship $. I personally know of some cases where an athlete was ineligible to receive a department scholarship because he was on "full" scholarship here. I do however agree with your statement, that if the other students are getting an iPod, they should be given that "perk"