UMD(non RE thread btw...)

[Dann]

bought its student ath's ipads. does the goverment hand out college football ipad stamps like food stamps or something? we should be applying for that soon, were boys with omaba right? i mena we visited him a couple times recently . that school shouldn't be allowed to out source a cleaning crew for its library to vacum carpets at night let alone buy kids ipads. chesus there balance sheet looks worse then iraq. that b10 $ wont be coming for a bit still and they in there glory of a acc $ battle are not getting acc checks right now either. how the heck can they possibly get away with that and not get hammered for it lol?!?!?!

on the other hand, its a brilliant thing. kind of like the college laptop programs most schools have. either when your a student the school gives u one as part of the deal or they sync yours to the colege network and w/e goes on with it. its gotta be atleast a bit attractive to show recruits they will get ipads along with everything else they already get. i can see how its useful to. talk about the playbook gone digital and so on...

we know the fball staff and most uconn ppl all have ipads and thats becoming culture in many work envirmonets, but do our student ath's get ipads? i have not seen anything public that says yes but i was just wondering? i think its a very interesting tool for college kids, especially ath's considering how the college lifestyle is a bit different for them vs regular students. all the travel and team meeting and stuff, the ipad is easily a interesting tool that could have a major role in college sports programs.

 

[J187Money]

No they don't.

 

[BRS24]

Sadly, the use of funds looks a bit misdirected based on where the money came from, so what happens now if a student-athlete comes to the AD with a legitimate hardship?

"The school justified the expense because it has decided it can pay for the iPads with the student-athlete opportunity fund, which is supposed to be used to help student-athletes with unexpected expenses and financial hardships. But because Maryland deems this as helping with their athletes’ educational mission, it decided the use of the fund was appropriate."​

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[Antiobserver]

I guess since MDuh has done diddly squat on the football field in over a decade.. this is their fallback to the "our athletes are smarter" argument.

 

[BoatShow]

They also have about 7 different uniform combos for football and basketball. And buy tshirts for their student sections most games and ours get stupid foam fingers once.

 

[Dann]

They also have about 7 different uniform combos for football and basketball. And buy tshirts for their student sections most games and ours get stupid foam fingers once.

hey hey hey, how dare u rip our ath dept. thats my job.