Not sure why you'd think it was a load of crap. Overstating his case, maybe. But load of crap, no. Late night hunger is a common college student issue (he used the word "starving", which I don't like since there's a difference between wishing you had a midnight snack and starving, but that's just word choice). College kids tend to be on a different schedule than the dining halls, and athletes burn a lot of calories at practice. They can eat a big dinner after practice, but if you're up until 2 a.m. being social and/or studying (athletes don't have the 3-7 window for doing schoolwork, mind you), that dinner isn't going to hold you over. If you don't have pocket money, you just have to deal with feeling hungry until you go to sleep. I wasn't an athlete, but did the ol' Ramen Noodles thing in college sometimes late at night when I was a bit poor - and then when I had a little more money, I'd maybe get in on a late night dorm pizza delivery some nights (and some nights, I'd go to bed early enough where I never dealt with the late night munchies). But I wasn't worried about peak athletic performance the next day.
You can make a case that he should have pocketed the $200 or so he spent on tattoos (he only has low quality black+white tattoos - probably didn't cost much) over the last four years and saved it for a rainy day, but he's not the first or the last young person to have a little bit of spending money and spend it. There's a chance he might also have Beats by Dre headphones, too, being young and irresponsible. But over the course of 4 years, $200 is only maybe one DP Dough order a month (if that place still exists), even if he managed his finances perfectly at 19.
