I also question whether it is even a benefit. I would much rather live on campus in a dorm where my friends, members of the opposite sex, and parties are located. Most have common rooms with kitchens where one can cook, and relax with friends.
Being stuck in a hotel room for a year of college seems like a punishment to me. -Zeb On Feb 18, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Jerry D. Belloit wrote: > I find the NCAA’s position here a little strange. I stayed for two months at > a local Holiday Inn for $500 per month per room. (Daily rate not much higher > than what was charged to the students.) The rate was a special rate given to > University employees. It is not uncommon for hotels to negotiate lower > rates for extended stays, especially when the hotel expects to get future > business from the transaction. Apparently this hotel was charging $450 per > month. That does not seem unreasonably low. I am surprised that this > particular count was not challenged. In addition, I suspect that the hotel > got some additional business by having some popular athletes living there. > > Jerry > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rob Alexander > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 6:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN > For 2/17, AM Edition > > I think there are several specific cases and that the journalist who wrote > the story has mixed the numbers from different cases together, so they don't > make sense. That said, I think it's the $14.95 and the $57 numbers that > matter. As far as I can tell, it seems the article is saying the student > athletes actually did pay $14.95 per night and the NCAA is saying that no > regular person could possibly have stayed there at that rate. The NCAA is > saying that $57 per night is the cheapest rate that they would believe was > not a special deal for the student athletes. > > While I have no idea what hotel we're talking about or what they charge, or > how true any of this is, the basic concept of the allegation seems reasonable > to me. If you had never, ever charged any other non-athlete customer less > than $57 per night, but you regularly let athletes stay for $14.95 per night, > that would sure look like you were giving an improper benefit. > > Rob > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:29 PM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Shane Ford wrote: > > > The bulk of improper benefits come from 12 athletes staying at the Whitney > Hotel at $450 each for a two-bedroom suite. > The NCAA found the hotel a few miles off campus charged a rate of $14.95 per > athlete for two-bedroom suites. The NCAA said the rate should've been more > than $57 per night for each athlete. One football player who spent more than > year at the hotel, the NCAA said, received an extra benefit worth $19,280. > The NCAA said the school received $47,000 worth of improper benefits from the > rate reduction. > > Color me confused. > > Is the NCAA saying that the Whitney rate was too low; too high, or that > student-athletes shouldn't be allowed to stay in hotels? > > I'd be stunned to find a hotel that offered a rate of $14.95 per person for a > two-bedroom suite. Not even on Priceline. > > If the rate should have been $57, the University got overcharged. How is that > a benefit to the players (unless the football players happen to own the > hotel)? > > -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 > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 -- 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
