(04-10-2014 02:02 PM)olddawg Wrote: Yup, all sorts of stuff available if one knows how to work the system.
http://www.holyturf.com/2011/05/football...caa-rules/
The article is full of false assumptions and overstatements and kind of pisses me off. Here is what he figures out....
$5,500 - Pell Grant
$500 - Clothing Fund
$8,024 - Fall and Spring Room and Board
$3,016 - Summer Room and Board
$17,070 NET INCOME BABY!!!!!
Here are my more realistic numbers.....
$2,045 - Pell Grant(1)
$300 - Clothing (2)
$8,560 - Fall and Spring Room and Board (3)
$1,064 - Summer Room and Board (4)
$11,969 Revenue
($4,800) - Rent (5)
($1,200) - Groceries (6)
$5,969 NET INCOME*
I'm not going to argue if that is enough or not and I'm not going to value the degree but clearly trying to imply these athletes are walking around making $17,070 is a load of crap.
(1)The AVERAGE pell grant payout is $3,800 so it is ridiculous to say every athlete is getting $5,500. Now I used $2,045 because of the 17.4M college students only 420,000 are NCAA athletes (2.4%). FY11 Pell Grant Appropriations were $35,772,935,000 and assuming 2.4% go to athletes you are left with $859,165,356 to divide with 420,000 athletes for an average of $2,045. Its not pretty and really using $3,800 might be more accurate but I'm trying to prove a point.
(2) I know it was somewhere between $100-200 so I split the difference for two semesters.
(3) From JMU website.
(4) JMU offers 4 week May-mester so I used the same technique he did. Sure some athletes take June classes but I'd say its less than 10%.
(5) $400 a month, literally no research went into this amount.
(6) Meal plan is only 14 punches a week, and it might only be 10. Using 14 punches, lets feed the guys a third meal a day at a cost of $4. $4*300 Days = 1,200. I used 300 because most athletes go home for all of June and Spring/Winter Break and the math was easy.
(7) 20 hours a week allowed by NCAA x 11 months. I'm not sure if you can actually work 20 hours a week in off season but seriously what sport is only 20 hours a week in season.
* Net Income without you know gas, phone bills, toilet paper, alcohol and utilities.