Someone please explain this "Opportunity Fund"

Ole Miss gives out money then fills out paperwork later

It literally covers everything included in all of those horror stories about how bad athletes have it because they are not paid.

There have been universities even buy cars for athletes with the cooperation of the NCAA, because they were able to prove that the kid did not own a car and the family did not have the money to provide a car for the kid.

There is literally no reason for a student athlete to go hungry, go without clothes, etc. All of this can be solved through the Student Opportunity Fund, which is a pretty big pool of money.

It's an Ole Miss goody-bag filled with money and marijuana.

It's suppose to be there for emergency costs that aren't covered by scholarship money. Our RT used it over the summer for transportation to a funeral. It would be extremely easy to trace. I have a hard time believing that a water bill fits into this because scholarship money covers cost of living. Maybe it would work if it were a family members cost of living but either way, if it was used, the paper trail is there.

Basically
Swag Dont Come Cheap

There's a lot of opportunities if you know when to take them.


There's a lot of opportunities
If there aren't you can make them.

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Sounds like its $305 for anything or anyone that is remotely connected to a player

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The part people are forgetting is Bill Martin says that he thought all this was included with rent that was paid.

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A loophole Ole Miss found

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Have we officially changed the party line from all of this is made up/conspiracy theories, to OM found a loophole?

bravo

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It's suppose to be there for emergency costs that aren't covered by scholarship money. Our RT used it over the summer for transportation to a funeral. It would be extremely easy to trace. I have a hard time believing that a water bill fits into this because scholarship money covers cost of living. Maybe it would work if it were a family members cost of living but either way, if it was used, the paper trail is there.

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Ok, so it covers unforeseen expenses incurred by the "student athlete" outside of the costs associated with room/board/tuition/books/fees that are covered by the scholarship or the extra stipend athletes get for the cost of living allowance?

It would not be used to pay for a family member's cost of living.

Lots of goodies out there for players,even a clothing allowence fund provided by the NCAA but the narrative has ALWAYS been about how poor and "exploited" college athetes are,so no reason to actually inform people of the benefits available to these athletes.

If you factor in ALL the direct funds and benefits available (Pell Grants,COA allowence,room and board stipends,clothing allowence and opputurnity funds)
Some guys are coming out with 20+K a year tax free not including tuition and books.