In the Daily Sun article which Bill Fenwick posted, it mentioned that
the players will have their eligibility restored upon repayment of
services received.  Now I assume that they just found out the ruling no
more than a couple of days ago and have to make the repayment before they
can play in the exhibition game eight days from now.  That means they
each have to cough up $5000 for room and board alone (I have no idea
what the monetary value of a year's television use is).  That's a lot of
money for a college student to come up with, especially in a week.
 
Other than that I think it's a very fair and reasonable decision.  I really
like the idea of charity donations.  It's nice to think someone will
benefit from all this.
 
Paulette Dwen
Cornell '89
Let's Go Red!