The Athletic: Lifting limitations on food has also lifted a limitation on college football players

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The Athletic: Lifting limitations on food has also lifted a limitation on college football players

 

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Shabazz Napier left the college sports stage as a champion, but the Connecticut basketball player’s legacy stretches far beyond “One Shining Moment.”

 

Throughout the 2014 NCAA Tournament, Napier told reporters about the issues facing student-athletes. The cause he championed that resonated dealt with food. Before a Sweet Sixteen matchup, he told reporters at Madison Square Garden, “We do have hungry nights where we don’t have enough money to get food.” Barely 10 days later, Napier, then named Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player after UConn’s national triumph, reiterated his struggle.

 

“There are hungry nights when I go to bed and I’m starving,” he said.

 

Juxtaposed against the glitz and confetti at the NFL palace in Arlington, Texas, Napier carried the athlete’s issue to the people. The NCAA earned $952 million that year, according to tax filings, and nearly $777 million from television rights. Napier received a full scholarship that included money for food and one meal per day provided by his athletics program. UConn men’s basketball, with all of its success and revenue, was not allowed to give Napier more than a snack except when traveling. In that world five years ago, a cracker with cream cheese was considered a meal.

 

 

 

GOOD ARTICLE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON FOOD IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS NOW, BUT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE PICTURE OF THE GRILL AT NEBRASKA:

 

 

200 STEAKS AT A TIME

[MyBloodIsRed16]

Maybe if he didnt spend his money on cocaine and hookers he would have been able to eat.  

[ActualCornHusker]

It's pretty ridiculous that the NCAA ever had restrictions on the amount of food that schools were allowed to supply in the first place...

[Hedley Lamarr]

1 hour ago, ActualCornHusker said:

It's pretty ridiculous that the NCAA ever had restrictions on the amount of food that schools were allowed to supply in the first place...

You would think 3 meals and 2 snacks a day would be standard considering the university in the end profits off the athletes body...why not be allowed to fuel it 

[ActualCornHusker]

2 minutes ago, Hedley Lamarr said:

You would think 3 meals and 2 snacks a day would be standard considering the university in the end profits off the athletes body...why not be allowed to fuel it 

 

Even aside from the profit aspect... These players burn a ton of energy during weight-lifting, practice, conditioning, and games - Allowing them to ever go hungry was criminal

[Husker from Kansas]

11 minutes ago, ActualCornHusker said:

 

Even aside from the profit aspect... These players burn a ton of energy during weight-lifting, practice, conditioning, and games - Allowing them to ever go hungry was criminal

 

The way that the NCAA has treated athletes for years is criminal! I believe there will be a day in the relatively near future, where college athletes are fairly compensated and the NCAA either completely reformed or only deals with D2 and down schools, where the money is not nearly as good.