Athletic scholarships at UF cover room, board, books, tuition and fees, but that wasn't always enough under old guidelines. Athletic scholarships represent a tremendous opportunity, a path to higher education for some when no other means exists. Paying scholarship athletes is a difficult issue - easy to sympathize with, yet difficult to implement and control. This is an old issue, but one that seems more realistic after this week's legislation. Many athletes are busy with jobs in the summer, so this is merely a chance for better hours.
Every dollar helps.
The NCAA is treating students like the human beings they are, showing that it respects the desires of the universities that comprise it, that it cares about the athletes they represent. It is progress, slow but positive, offering hope for more of the same. All rights reserved. No portion of the Alligator On-line may be reproduced in any means without the written consent of an officer of Campus Communications, Inc.