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Tweet of the day by the Hefty Lefty


@JaredLorenzen22: I'll tell u what the NCAA really lucked out that I don't have any eligibility left.

 

Jared is a great kid. I taught with his grandfather here in Baytown.

 

He is a good follow on Twitter.

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Some will still go to bed starving. Some will simply pocket the money and buy other "things".

 

There is no easy fix here. The system is broken and subject to abuse.

Not if you give them a meal card that is only redeemable at the dorms cafeteria. That is the logical way.

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Not if you give them a meal card that is only redeemable at the dorms cafeteria. That is the logical way.

 

You know the NCAA ain't logical.

 

My son would receive $50 meal money when UH traveled on the weekends (Thurs- Sun). They probably ate one meal on their own. He usually made $20 bucks a weekend. To a college kid, that's a lot of money. Now the NCAA wants to increase it? Cha ching!

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I think this is pretty stupid.  Any college kid can get a meal anytime they want.  All it takes is getting others to like you and get a meal off their meal plan or get several at the beginning of the week and refrigerate.  You can even scan your card at a dining hall walk in with a backpack full of tupperware, eat your meal, then load up at the salad bar and other food stations for the rest of the week; yes I did this many times. There will be a way to manipulate the system and once the kids figure it out it will spread like wildfire. 

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I think it would destroy college sports if the athletes get paid cash. If your going to pay the athlete I hope they completely do away with their scholarship and make them pay for their education like the rest of the students.
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A joke for missing the graduation in the 1990's or for finding it and correcting their mistake?


It says he recently graduated. It sounds like T Boone Pickens found an old player that was close to graduating and got him a diploma.
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It says he recently graduated. It sounds like T Boone Pickens found an old player that was close to graduating and got him a diploma.


There you go. General studies! It's the State of Oklahoma, it takes most of those guys a while to get through school. And if you have the same amount of commas in your account as Uncle T Boone, you can make the rules.
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@ESPNCFB: Two former UNC athletes sue the school & NCAA over academic failures » http://es.pn/1CmUNGh http://twitter.com/ESPNCFB/status/558379888185737217/photo/1

 

So I take it these players did not succeed in professional sports?

 

If the quality if their education was so important, why did they not speak up while they were in school?

 

Money grab.

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@CraigSmoak: Briles did not shed much light on Silas Nacita situation. Said he was unaware of anything until it snowballed here recently.

 

 

@CraigSmoak: Briles would welcome Nacita back to team but mentioned it was not something he had control over.

 

 

 

 

Weird 

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