Nothing like a discussion about the Ivies and aid/scholarships to juice ol'
Hockey-L.....incoming!

Seriously, wouldn't the loophole that Joe describes below so gaping that the
NC$$ would have had to close it?

-Todd
http://mysite.verizon.net/todnielson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Makowiec" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:28 AM
Subject: Aid (was: quietude in Hockey land)


> At 1-8-2006 12:32 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >I would assume the aid  packages are also very favorable.
>
> I've heard one theorist on the subject opine that using non-athletic money
> is actually better for the athlete and the institution, because athletic
> money is relatively restricted.  But other money - for example, Union uses
> a pot of money tagged for 'campus diversity' to expand the pool of
> left-handed slapshots on campus - because it doesn't come under the
> athletic restrictions, can, say, exceed the dollar amount that athletic
> scholarships are restricted to.*
>
> Joe
> * "Q: When Mike Williams lost his court challenge to the NFL underclassman
> rule and was not allowed to return to college football, did he still count
> against USC's salary cap?" -- Syndicated columnist Norman Chad
> (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/chad/3561070.html)
>
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