Transmogrified Tiger wrote:They get reimbursed for full tuition, room and board, books, and sometimes a bit more beyond that. Depending on the school that's anywhere from 15-50k per year.
So you're saying their grossly unpaid?
If you're an in-state star at USC, probably. If you're a backup at Northwestern, you get more than your fair share.
The University of Southern California (commonly called USC[a] and other names) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university.
Otherwise known as the University of Spoiled Children.
Bledsoe's four-year transcript shows he made an A in Algebra 3 in night school as a senior by receiving a 90 during each of the two sessions. However, a grade report from those night sessions showed Bledsoe was recorded as making a C average, with a low C recorded in the first session and a low B recorded in the second.
By receiving an A in Algebra 3, Bledsoe barely qualified for initial eligibility in college, based on the standardized test score his former coach said Bledsoe made. The NCAA determines a player's eligibility through a sliding scale based on grade-point average in 16 core classes and an ACT or SAT score.
If you're a high school basketball phenom now that you're required to wait until you're 19 to enter the draft instead of going and wasting the time of a college team for 1 year of playing you should just go play pro ball over in Europe, India or somewhere like that. That's what Brandon Jennings did and it's working out well for him. Playing over in europe will also prepare you to better transition to the NBA.
