<p>Rivals</a> High - Student splits 40K in winnings among runners-up</p>
<p>Enjoy ;o)</p>
<p>Big thumbs up!</p>
<p>Great story!</p>
<p>What an amazing young man! Thanks for posting the link.</p>
<p>Nice. Bookmark.</p>
<p>SO fabulous - thanks fogfog!</p>
<p>Sounds fishy. I know the article says the NCAA would’ve allowed him to keep the cash, but full-ride kids can’t earn awards over the amount they need and pocket it. And if he really did want to give it away, I would think there are relatives and family members who could use it.</p>
<p>Except that relatives and family members haven’t been on the court with him, haven’t supported his athletic success as directly, and may not have the same goals that he and his team mates have. Or maybe they do. Either way it’s not for us to judge him, his motivation or his decision. I would like to think he did the right thing…</p>
<p>I too was surprised that he would be able to keep the money. But if the facts are correctly stated, even more reason to applaud his selflessness…</p>
<p>The NCAA may have allowed him to keep the scholarship, but the university would have to reduce his aid as a student-athlete may not receive more than the full cost of attendance in scholarships, from any source. I have first hand experience with this as my daughter has an athletic scholarship and also received significant outside scholarships. I spent several days sorting it out with the financial aid and compliance offices at her school. The NCAA only allows athletic scholarships for tuition, fees, room and board. The full cost of attendance includes books, supplies, personal expense, travel expense, insurance fees, other billable fees such as technology or transportation and can include computer expense. So a student-athlete can get outside scholarships, academic merit scholarships or other scholarships to cover the expenses a full athletic scholarship does not cover. As long as the scholarship is not solely based on athletic ability, it does not count against the team’s scholarship total.</p>
<p>Seeing that the contest was the brainchild of an advertising exec / screenwriter I have my doubts about the facts of the story. Also, it doesn’t appear that the author of the article is listed. And lastly, if he makes 40K from a skills contest over and above his full ride I’m thinking he loses his amateur status.</p>
<p>Still, it was a nice feel-good. Wish it was true.</p>