NCAA Athletes And The NCPA
March 28, 2009
Are you a high school athlete hoping to sign a scholarship offer with an NCAA school? If so, you need to take 10 minutes to listen to my chat with Ramogi Huma. He’s the President of the NCPA, an organization that works as a player union for NCAA athletes.
Here’s a list of the topics I covered with Ramogi during our chat:
* What is the NCPA?
* Why should all high school athletes hoping to get an NCAA scholarship know about the NCPA?
* What are some of the biggest misconceptions about NCAA scholarships? Health Coverage? One-Year renewable scholarships?
* Why should all high school athletes hoping to get an NCAA scholarship know about the NCPA?
* What are some of the biggest misconceptions about NCAA scholarships? Health Coverage? One-Year renewable scholarships?
* Athletes are told their scholarships will cover all their expenses. What does the scholarship really cover? What do athletes have to pay for?
* 169 players have vanished from the rosters of this years men’s basketball tournament – can you talk about that for a bit? What are you doing to try to fix this problem?
* 169 players have vanished from the rosters of this years men’s basketball tournament – can you talk about that for a bit? What are you doing to try to fix this problem?
* How did you get Baron Davis, Hines Ward and Casey Jacobsen involved?
* How do you stay in business and accomplish all you do without collecting dues from players?
* How do high school athletes sign up for this service?
* How do you stay in business and accomplish all you do without collecting dues from players?
* How do high school athletes sign up for this service?
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