Unless the Ivy League has changed their policies, members are not allowed to give out athletic scholarships. He may have qualified for financial aid, which can be quite generous.
As a non-UM student at a school with general admittance for all students, I can attest to the fact that the policy works pretty well. For a big game, you will have to get there early, but for the most part it works fine.
I do wonder what used to happen to students who studied abroad in the fall. I went abroad my junior year, and it sounds like under the previous system I would have been punished for that, even though I attended every game that occurred while I was on campus.
PS - From experience, people will probably just send one of their friends early to claim good seats.
Navy has had all three. Joe Bellino and Roger Staubach won the Heisman in 1960 and 1963 respectively, Jimmy Carter graduated from Annapolis, and David Robinson won the Wooden Award for the 1986-87 season.
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Unless the Ivy League has changed their policies, members are not allowed to give out athletic scholarships. He may have qualified for financial aid, which can be quite generous.
As a non-UM student at a school with general admittance for all students, I can attest to the fact that the policy works pretty well. For a big game, you will have to get there early, but for the most part it works fine.
I do wonder what used to happen to students who studied abroad in the fall. I went abroad my junior year, and it sounds like under the previous system I would have been punished for that, even though I attended every game that occurred while I was on campus.
PS - From experience, people will probably just send one of their friends early to claim good seats.
It did happen in the Pac12 this year with UCLA and Stanford.
Navy has had all three. Joe Bellino and Roger Staubach won the Heisman in 1960 and 1963 respectively, Jimmy Carter graduated from Annapolis, and David Robinson won the Wooden Award for the 1986-87 season.