Re: Entertainment or Support

[Bearcat Tom]

And ultimately the success of those programs.  No scholarships = no 
recruits.


> From: address@hidden
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> To: "bbforum" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Entertainment or Support
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 14:35:48 -0500
>
> The student athletes care. The money in UCATS goes directly to them. Less
> money in UCATS means less available scholarships. To those student athletes
> in less high profile sports it means quite a bit.  It means the difference
> between having a scholarship or paying for school themselves. I can imagine
> that more than just accountants can undertand that.
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Dan Marshall
> To: bbforum
> ReplyTo: bbforum
> Sent: Dec 3, 2005 4:29 PM
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Entertainment or Support
>
> who cares where the accountants say it comes from... it  comes from the
> athletic department.
>
>
>
> From: old school [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 5:24 PM
> To:  address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Entertainment or  Support
>
> I seriously doubt any UCATS money was taken out to pay for the  buy-out,
> but I do know that money from within the AD budget that was not marked  for
> BB use and was intended for other things (facilities, sports, necessities)
> was used to pay for the buy-out. I'll be interested to see if this lawsuit
> brought forth by the rowing team makes it to court and if the athletic
> department has to open their books to the judge.
>
>
> On 12/2/05, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dan, I do not know what your source is for assuming  that UCATS money is
> going toward the payment of Huggin's buyout. But to be  sure that my
> response is documented and authenticated, I sent an email to the
> Foundation to request an explanation of the use of UCATS donations. The
> response was clear, funds are used  "completely toward athletic
> scholarships â?? nothing else,"
>
> I also think that for the Foundation to do anything  else with the funds
> could put their status as a 501(c)(3) organization at risk  with the IRS.
>
> We should not forget  that not all sports have full scholarships available
> to all members of a team.  Baseball (not sure about UC) usually has a
> limited number to spread around. My  original point was that I hope that my
> donated share may work its way down to  someone who otherwise would not
> have benefited.
>
>
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