Coach007
11-20-2018, 02:12 PM
<PLEASE KEEP THE POLITICS AND RELIGIOUS TALK OUT OF THIS>
This seems to be serious. In a nutshell, the NCAA ruled that a student athlete can keep her GoFundMe donations due to her hardship.
After hearing about Scheck?s dire situation, her teammate Grace Hausladen started a GoFundMe campaign earlier this month to help raise money so Scheck could pay for her basic living expenses.
?Emily has no home, and has no family supporting her,? Hausladen wrote on the "For Emily, Let her be herself" GoFundMe page. ?In 2019, she will no longer be on her parents health care plan and will have a whole new set of expenses to be covered. She was kicked out of her home for being herself. No one deserves to have their home and siblings taken away from them for being their true selves. Though she has made a new home in Buffalo through her teammates and her girlfriend, Justyna, we can no longer stand by and do nothing.?
The fundraising campaign quickly surpassed its initial $5,000 goal, but there was a problem: accepting the donated funds was in violation of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules.
?Sadly, because both Emily and I are both Division I runners, accepting this money means we are not longer eligible to run for Canisius College's Cross Country and Track programs due to the regulations of the NCAA,?
So the NCAA stepped in and ruled... it's ok.
But on Nov. 16, the same day Outsports first reported Scheck?s story, the NCAA had a change of heart.
?Emily Scheck can retain her eligibility and continue to receive GoFundMe donations that assist her with living and educational expenses,? the association shared via Twitter on Friday. ?NCAA staff worked with Canisius College to provide guidance that the fundraiser can continue with school monitoring and will continue to assist as needed. NCAA rules and waiver precedent allow a school to assist a student-athlete with a fundraiser after a significant life event occurs.?
So now, we can recruit on the basis of hardship using public funds....
This seems to be serious. In a nutshell, the NCAA ruled that a student athlete can keep her GoFundMe donations due to her hardship.
After hearing about Scheck?s dire situation, her teammate Grace Hausladen started a GoFundMe campaign earlier this month to help raise money so Scheck could pay for her basic living expenses.
?Emily has no home, and has no family supporting her,? Hausladen wrote on the "For Emily, Let her be herself" GoFundMe page. ?In 2019, she will no longer be on her parents health care plan and will have a whole new set of expenses to be covered. She was kicked out of her home for being herself. No one deserves to have their home and siblings taken away from them for being their true selves. Though she has made a new home in Buffalo through her teammates and her girlfriend, Justyna, we can no longer stand by and do nothing.?
The fundraising campaign quickly surpassed its initial $5,000 goal, but there was a problem: accepting the donated funds was in violation of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules.
?Sadly, because both Emily and I are both Division I runners, accepting this money means we are not longer eligible to run for Canisius College's Cross Country and Track programs due to the regulations of the NCAA,?
So the NCAA stepped in and ruled... it's ok.
But on Nov. 16, the same day Outsports first reported Scheck?s story, the NCAA had a change of heart.
?Emily Scheck can retain her eligibility and continue to receive GoFundMe donations that assist her with living and educational expenses,? the association shared via Twitter on Friday. ?NCAA staff worked with Canisius College to provide guidance that the fundraiser can continue with school monitoring and will continue to assist as needed. NCAA rules and waiver precedent allow a school to assist a student-athlete with a fundraiser after a significant life event occurs.?
So now, we can recruit on the basis of hardship using public funds....