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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: The Official I'm Going to X School Thread
« on: April 02, 2007, 03:34:53 PM »
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: The Official I'm Going to X School Thread« on: April 02, 2007, 03:34:53 PM »
The Nick Saban School of Law in Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Where should I go next fall? / Re: Tuition for NEXT year« on: April 02, 2007, 12:27:07 PM »
Even UCLA and Texas are 25k/36k and 18k/31k for res/non-res (respectively). I had no idea until I just looked this up. That's insane. Alabama is 10k/20k.
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Where should I go next fall? / Re: Tuition for NEXT year« on: April 02, 2007, 12:15:31 PM »
How can a public school cost that much? Ridiculous.
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Law School Applications / Re: Dorm Violations, probation« on: April 02, 2007, 12:03:57 PM »what constitutes a good explanation? Do I basically need to say I have matured and give some evidence of the maturity? That sounds pretty good to me. 45
Black Law Student Discussion Board / Re: Should college athletes be paid?« on: April 02, 2007, 02:58:32 AM »I worded it poorly. If it's a kid that grew up poor driving an Escalade, then yeah, it's probably dirty money. But if it's his Caprice Classic with an awesome system, that's pretty easy to buy with a Pell Grant. The point I was making by bringing them up, though, was that that's plenty of money for a college kid to live a damn good life. You said cafeteria workers make more than that--but that's not really relevant, because they have to pay bills. I seriously doubt that they have $4500 or even $3400 of 100% disposable income. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I'm doing other things and pretty much just responding to what I glance at that has me quoted. I'll try to read the whole thing tomorrow. 46
Black Law Student Discussion Board / Re: Should college athletes be paid?« on: April 02, 2007, 01:24:06 AM »I worded it poorly. If it's a kid that grew up poor driving an Escalade, then yeah, it's probably dirty money. But if it's his Caprice Classic with an awesome system, that's pretty easy to buy with a Pell Grant. The point I was making by bringing them up, though, was that that's plenty of money for a college kid to live a damn good life. You said cafeteria workers make more than that--but that's not really relevant, because they have to pay bills. I seriously doubt that they have $4500 or even $3400 of 100% disposable income. Huh? I didn't see that post, but it doesn't really make sense. If they're not-for-profit, then how do they have cash cows? Isn't all that money going back into the program? If so, what's the problem with maximizing that income? 47
Black Law Student Discussion Board / Re: Should college athletes be paid?« on: April 02, 2007, 12:40:08 AM »
I worded it poorly. If it's a kid that grew up poor driving an Escalade, then yeah, it's probably dirty money. But if it's his Caprice Classic with an awesome system, that's pretty easy to buy with a Pell Grant. The point I was making by bringing them up, though, was that that's plenty of money for a college kid to live a damn good life. You said cafeteria workers make more than that--but that's not really relevant, because they have to pay bills. I seriously doubt that they have $4500 or even $3400 of 100% disposable income.
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Black Law Student Discussion Board / Re: Should college athletes be paid?« on: April 01, 2007, 11:52:38 PM »
You think $4500 of purely disposable income is chump change? I promise you that being in college, not having to pay tuition, rent, utilities, or for food, you and I could have a DAMN good time with $4500.
The only athletes I know who I consider close friends (a couple of football players, a runner, and a soccer player) study hard (except for the soccer player, ironically) and take legitimate classes. The runner is also in ROTC. There is time to get an education if they choose to take advantage of it. 49
Black Law Student Discussion Board / Re: Should college athletes be paid?« on: April 01, 2007, 11:05:30 PM »No they shouldn't. Compare their lifetime earning potential without a college degree to what they can earn with one. If they choose not to capitalize on that, it's their own business -- but they are paid as it is. The rest of us had to pay for that benefit (or earn it academically). Not graduating is the athlete's own fault. Trust me--schools go FAR beyond what could be considered reasonable to graduate their players. The fact that many don't graduate only strengthens the argument that they should NOT be paid--if they don't take advantage of the compensation that they receive already, why do they deserve MORE? 50
Black Law Student Discussion Board / Re: Should college athletes be paid?« on: April 01, 2007, 11:02:56 PM »
I'm willing to talk all of them in general. They ALL get food money (which is significantly more than they actually need for food in a day, not to mention the fact that it's on top of the snack they are allowed after practices which is either an entire pizza or a double cheeseburger). This also doesn't consider their meal plans for on campus dining. They also get free clothes, and a lot of them (shoes, jackets, sweatsuits). In the state of SC the ones whose families cannot afford to give them spending money get Pell Grants, which because their tuition, meals, and rent, etc. are paid for by their scholarships, serve entirely as spending money (every wonder why so many guys drive nice cars, or have nice rims, sound systems, etc.?). I don't know if the Pell Grant is federal, but I'm sure other states have similar provisions. These guys live like kings as it is. |