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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 2988865, member: 5823"] It is not prize money it is truly stipend which include a "per diem" component all administered by USA basketball and consistent with NCAA and rules. Prize money from these FIBA tournaments would make all the UCONN starters and ONO NCAA ineligible. Because the calculations are based on per day basis explains why a player on a second place team would get a bigger stipend than player on the third place team simply because the 2nd place team might be competing for more days. The same is true for a player that goes to Colorado springs and tries out for the team and does make it. They still get a stipend for the days they are at the trials. There is also a component of the stipend that allows USA basketball to compensate for lost income opportunities for things like not being able to hold down a summer part time job while you are traveling with USA basketball. [/QUOTE]