Division I-AA schools never have supported the measure. I think there is major apprehension that the proposal sets up exactly the kind of relationship with boosters that we've tried to avoid. The NCAA's Board of Directors passed Prop 62 in January 1997. However, it decided to delay implementation a year to work out some bugs. The idea is to allow students to earn the difference between a full-ride scholarship and the total cost of going to college.
Supporters say it's only right to allow student-athletes to work.
Scholarship checks sometimes can't make up utility payments, and a student's social life is certainly crimped without other income. Opponents of the rule find it ripe for abuse. Each college or university will be in charge of monitoring the work and wages of their athletes. Part of the delay in implementation was to allow athletic departments to work out that monitoring system. He has heard both sides of the argument and said it will take some time before the results of the new rule become evident.