Yeah, slaves got free room and board too. And the stipend thing is very recent, used to be athletic scholarships were the only ones that couldn’t get a stipend. They’re not getting more than students on academic scholarships. Those students are allowed to get jobs.
Of course, the difference is the graduates have an active duty military service requirement upon graduation.
You can forget about a job during the school year, as my ROTC commitments were 15-20 hours a week, plus a weekend of training every month. I did have a job for my first two summers in college, while the summer of my junior year was consumed by ROTC summer camp.
Players at Gonzaga and other schools take advantage of the summer session by taking 6-12 hours to get them ahead of the curve. They also assist the coaches with the hoops camps during the summer.
One of our players, Corey Kispert, was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year, for schools that don't have football.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gonzaga and Michigan stood out in a study that seeded men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic success and diversity in the head-coaching ranks.
The Zags were a No. 1 seed in both brackets released Thursday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at Central Florida, while the Wolverines were a 1-seed in the men’s bracket and a 3-seed in the women’s bracket.
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/study-gonzaga-michigan-top-academics-based-ncaa-brackets-69942984