On Sep 9, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Helen Huntley wrote: > On the point about appealing the decision--I read that if the decision is > appeal, the player remains ineligible until the appeal is decided. > > I wish someone would explain what alternatives there are for Sharrrif to > raise the money. Can his teammates take up a collection? Can he get a loan?
These, to my eye, would actually be improper benefits. If a normal student would be ineligible for a $2,700 loan, then a Gainesville bank giving Floyd one is giving him an improper benefit. Given his financial background and that he has no job, I can't imagine that a normal student in his situation would receive a loan. The one NCAA-approved exception to this rule that I know of is to buy disability insurance. Maybe a friend/teammate could loan the money. That's possibly bad as well. If the equivalent of a Gator Getter student loans money to top athletes once they make it to campus, that would be an inducement even though it happened after enrollment. Our Gator club once raised money for a local basketball player who had played for UF. He was not NBA-caliber, but had joined a Christian-outreach basketball team that travelled. We had raised the money through a golf tournament so that he could afford to go with the team to Europe. As good little boosters, we checked with UF Compliance and, sadly, were told that we could not give him the money even though he was no longer a student. So, I'm not real sure how Floyd comes up with the money without creating a worse problem. -Zeb -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
