Earlier this week it surfaced that Snoop Dogg's son, who just finished up his first ear of high school, has been awarded an athletic scholarship to play football at UCLA. This comes just weeks after P. Diddy's son signed on to play football at UCLA next season, for free. The point of this post, our favorite rappers' kids are going to college, we're old.
Just kidding. Kinda. But really, critics have maligned UCLA and it's pop culture prospects for awarding and accepting this free education. They argue that a young that comes from the tax bracket of these two individuals should not be given a free education. That it should be given to a student who is not as fortunate as a rap mogul's son. I am going to have to disagree.
Athletic scholarships are different from most other scholarships in that they are not need-based, which means financial capabilities are not taken into consideration when choosing recipients. College sports, especially football, is a game of intense competition and, moreover, enormous revenues. Many schools, UCLA included, do not use federal funds to offer athletic scholarships. They are instead allocated from the funds raised by the sports teams, i.e. ticket sales, merchandise sales, etc. And being that the student athletes are not compensated *cough* LEGALLY *cough* for the revenues try generate (millions upon millions of dollars), I think it's fair to offer your athletic scholarships to whoever you feel gives your team the best chance to win and increase your bank account.
One more thing, athletic scholarships are awarded to the best student-athletes. P. Diddy's son finished high school with a 3.7 GPA, and you think he hasn't earned a free education? All because he rich as hell. Sound like that ol' FAFSA bulls@#%.
