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[QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 2075662, member: 5058"]
When I was there, the meal plan that they gave athletes was a debt account on the SUperCard. They gave the max allowable on the plan, which I think was like $2000 per semester. That could be used in vending machines, at dining halls, and at the food courts like Kimmel. IIRC they could also use it to get wing deliveries from Sal's Birdland. That was on top of the team meals they had, and the weight gainer and vitamin supplements they got. I've said before that my roommate got so much MetRX that I too was on the program. On top of that, they got a cash stipend, something like $150/day while on the road. The hoops team used this essentially as blackjack money on the bus or in the hotel rooms. When SU played Miami, Boeheim supposedly insisted they stay at the Doral so that he could get a round or two of golf in. Not a bad life. That said, there were guys that carried weapons and others that sold "stuff" to make extra money on the side. How much is enough and how much is too much? If these kids got the earnings percentage they deserve, I wager some would still do these things because the opportunity is there and you can never have enough.
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