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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