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  9. Transfers with IU Interest

    in Basketball Recruiting

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    16 minutes ago, Hoosier82 said:

    Anyone whoā€™s hung out with a D1 athlete in college knows how much of an absolute lie this is. They get the most expensive/robust meal plan on campus. So big, no ā€œnormalā€ students have the same plan unless their Carmel soccer mom bought it not knowing itā€™s twice whatā€™s actually needed. Then thereā€™s the weekly stipend they getā€¦and oh ya, they all took gifts/money. If Shabazz Napier went to bed hungry itā€™s because he was too lazy to go get food.Ā 

    Multiple studies strongly disagree with you

    Food Insecurity in Collegiate Student-Athletes

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    Eight years ago, Shabazz Napier asked us to bear witness toĀ his struggle against food insecurity. Here was a University of Connecticut college basketball star, leading his team to a Cinderella run on the sportā€™s biggest stage, surrounded by the trappings of a multibillion-dollar entertainment industry, telling the entire world that he didnā€™t always have enough to eat.
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    For many, this came as a surprise. After all, in the aftermath of Napierā€™s highly-publicized, much-discussed comments, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) changed its rules to allow Division I schools toĀ provide unlimited mealsĀ to athletes.

    According to a national survey, however,Ā nearly a quarterĀ of Division I athletes experience food insecurity. And more than one in ten experience homelessness.

    The survey, which sampled over 3,500 college athletes in 2019, was conducted by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University, where I was a research fellow. Including athletes from all three NCAA divisions as well as community colleges, the survey found that:

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    • Twenty-four percent of Division I athletes reported experiencing food insecurity ā€“ defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acquire such food in a socially acceptable manner ā€“ in the prior 30 days.
    • About half of the athletes described above were assessed at the lowest level of food security, meaning they were cutting the size of their meals, skipping meals, and/or going without food for a day or more because of a lack of money.
    • Division II and Division III athletes had similar levels of food insecurity at rates of 26 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
    • Athletes at two-year colleges had a 39 percent rate of food insecurity, and nearly a quarter of all athletes at two-year colleges were assessed at the lowest level.
    • Nearly 14 percent of Division I athletes reported being homeless ā€“ defined as not having a fixed, regular, and adequate place to live ā€“ in the prior 12 months.
    • Athletes in Division II and Division III reported homelessness rates of 19 percent and 13 percent, respectively, while 20 percent of athletes at two-year colleges reported being homeless.

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    https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2022/03/22/colleges-can-prevent-athlete-food-insecurity/

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  11. Transfers with IU Interest

    in Basketball Recruiting

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    4 minutes ago, Crimson324 said:

    To me that story just showcases how silly the old rules were.Ā 
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    Bottom line: This benefits the athletes. They work their a$$es off so that students and alumni can be entertained watching them represent the university. Why shouldnā€™t they be able to make a little money doing that?Ā 

    Yup. I agree with you. The old ā€œrulesā€ were draconian. Colleges got in trouble because someone dared to buy a kid a lunch. Ā They were almost treated as property rather than people

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  14. Transfers with IU Interest

    in Basketball Recruiting

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    10 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

    Well crap.Ā  You don't set two more visits if you were sold and ready to commit...šŸ‘ŽšŸ‘ŽšŸ‘Ž

    I promise not to freak out and look silly, but hard to paint this development as good news related to that particular recruit.Ā  Still 1400+ in the portal though...not worried.

    "near future"

    ie can be canceled like a certain other recruitĀ 

  20. Transfers with IU Interest

    in Basketball Recruiting

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    1 hour ago, Artesian_86 said:

    I really am surprised that no one was able to snap/post some actual pics of Ware and Ledlum out and about during their on campus visit at IU over Easter weekend. All that seem to be posted was the golf cart at Cook Hall. Did anyone see them on campus or out eating with coaches? Asking for a friend...lol

    Those that tried to snap some photosĀ 

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