Charleston Southern and the Bookstore

[CycloneErik]

Apparently, some players misspent book money at the bookstore and there are mass suspensions.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...say-30-plus-teammates-suspended-for-fsu-game/

I'd be curious what else is going on in the story. That one looks rough, just from the one story.

 

[3TrueFans]

Sucks that the players have to pay the price for the institution's failure to inform them that they could only spend that money on books and nothing else.

 

[NWICY]

I wish we played Charleston-Southern this week.

 

[CycloneErik]

I wish we played Charleston-Southern this week.

Maybe UNI needs a more cooperative bookstore.

 

[mdk2isu]

**Checks CyBookie for FSU/CSU game***

Sadly disappointed I cant bet all my fake money on FSU.

 

[Clark]

I saw someone ***** about the corrupt NCAA on twitter over this, if I had twitter I think I'd inform him that Charleston Southern isn't a school that makes money off football and therefore isn't using "slave" labor.

 

[Jambalaya]

Sucks that the players have to pay the price for the institution's failure to inform them that they could only spend that money on books and nothing else.

i have worked with colleges in the past. Kirkwood CC for example, your financial aid allotment allows you to buy anything in their bookstore, from an eraser to a t-shirt, to a candy bar, or a laptop.

This potential suspension is a rotten deal for the players. Really outrageous

 

[Clonefan32]

I mean, if you've been to the Iowa State bookstore you can see why this rule exists. I mean, if you gave each player a $5,000.00 per semester allotment towards the "bookstore" they'd certainly be getting more benefits than books. Not to say this is right or wrong, as I think the amateurism rules are crazy, but within the confines of the existing rules you can see how this could be exploited if there weren't rules against it.