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Post by Mocha on Apr 27, 2015 20:38:38 GMT -5
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Post by dawgs4life on Apr 27, 2015 23:53:53 GMT -5
Interesting
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Post by donneyp on Apr 28, 2015 8:53:15 GMT -5
I coach D3. All freshman students have an unlimited meal plan. You swipe your card as many times a day as you like and you get into the all-you-can-eat buffet.
The men's volleyball player who is consuming 7000 calories a day is obviously getting more for his money than they average student, and the same would be true of most D1 athletes - they need more food more often because of the vast amounts of energy they are asked to invest into practice and weights, etc. Dressing it up with signs that say "Eat your opponent" is nice but aside from the the branding and fancy names like "nutrition stations" it basically comes down to this being a hyped up meal plan.
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Post by preschooler on Apr 28, 2015 9:20:40 GMT -5
Even if it is just a hyped up meal plan that would be an improvement over when my DD first went off to college. Also timing of practices and meals on campus sometimes are a challenge. Son has spent times as a student/athlete rep and this was a big issue. It was something that affects their day to day lives. There are times in a kids life (especially an athletic guy) you can't feed them enough. Never underestimate the allure and power of food - kept a guys volleyball league basically running on wings.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Apr 28, 2015 9:36:17 GMT -5
Dressing it up with signs that say "Eat your opponent" is nice The hilarious thing about the "Eat Your Enemies" art is that it has all the other PAC-12 mascots depicted..... when duck is the only one that's actually regularly eaten. |
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 28, 2015 10:06:18 GMT -5
Well, carnage has always been a popular image in the world of sports, including the act of chewing, biting, devouring.
I've never been more hungry than after exercise, especially swimming. The hunger would be so great, I used to have mental images of crossing a desert on my hands and knees in search of protein. Immediately after swimming, I'd drive over to a burger place or some Indian buffet and just devour like my life depended on it. I don't swim as much now so that all-consuming hunger is not there. I'm an old guy, but a 17-22 year old kid who's still growing, maaaan alive that's got to be some intense hunger after practice.
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Post by Xplaya on Apr 28, 2015 23:10:16 GMT -5
I coach D3. All freshman students have an unlimited meal plan. You swipe your card as many times a day as you like and you get into the all-you-can-eat buffet. The men's volleyball player who is consuming 7000 calories a day is obviously getting more for his money than they average student, and the same would be true of most D1 athletes - they need more food more often because of the vast amounts of energy they are asked to invest into practice and weights, etc. Dressing it up with signs that say "Eat your opponent" is nice but aside from the the branding and fancy names like "nutrition stations" it basically comes down to this being a hyped up meal plan. The difference is at the D3 level, the athletes (parents) are paying for the meal plan, and the meals are accessible for the general population. At the D1 level, especially for most of the Big 5 schools, the athletic dept is paying for the training table meals and the snack/filler stations, and it is athletes only....a little more exclusive than a "hyped up meal plan". |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 5:42:21 GMT -5
Never eat anything bigger than your head.
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Post by roadkill on Apr 29, 2015 9:08:32 GMT -5
I wasnt clear on the NCAA legislation. Are they required to provide meals for non-scholarship players as well or was that an individual programs decision?
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Post by vbct3 on Apr 29, 2015 9:13:48 GMT -5
I coach D3. All freshman students have an unlimited meal plan. You swipe your card as many times a day as you like and you get into the all-you-can-eat buffet. The men's volleyball player who is consuming 7000 calories a day is obviously getting more for his money than they average student, and the same would be true of most D1 athletes - they need more food more often because of the vast amounts of energy they are asked to invest into practice and weights, etc. Dressing it up with signs that say "Eat your opponent" is nice but aside from the the branding and fancy names like "nutrition stations" it basically comes down to this being a hyped up meal plan. The difference is at the D3 level, the athletes (parents) are paying for the meal plan, and the meals are accessible for the general population. At the D1 level, especially for most of the Big 5 schools, the athletic dept is paying for the training table meals and the snack/filler stations, and it is athletes only....a little more exclusive than a "hyped up meal plan". Also, not all students opt in to meal plans, especially upperclassmen who then also choose to live off campus. (That or they opt for smaller meal plans to save on cost.) |
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Post by Mocha on Apr 29, 2015 9:53:31 GMT -5
Some mid-major schools are going to have a tough time keeping up.
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Post by vbprisoner on Apr 29, 2015 9:54:41 GMT -5
I wasnt clear on the NCAA legislation. Are they required to provide meals for non-scholarship players as well or was that an individual programs decision? I do not know if that is an individual program decision, but I do know a couple players at D1 Big 5 conference programs that are non-scholarship volleyball players and have the regular meal plan they pay for but because they are an athlete are upgraded, or granted access to the Athletic dining hall and all-you-can-eat meals that started this past semester. There are certain perks for being a non-scholarship player at a Big 5 program. |
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Post by donneyp on Apr 29, 2015 10:16:01 GMT -5
I coach D3. All freshman students have an unlimited meal plan. You swipe your card as many times a day as you like and you get into the all-you-can-eat buffet. The men's volleyball player who is consuming 7000 calories a day is obviously getting more for his money than they average student, and the same would be true of most D1 athletes - they need more food more often because of the vast amounts of energy they are asked to invest into practice and weights, etc. Dressing it up with signs that say "Eat your opponent" is nice but aside from the the branding and fancy names like "nutrition stations" it basically comes down to this being a hyped up meal plan. The difference is at the D3 level, the athletes (parents) are paying for the meal plan, and the meals are accessible for the general population. At the D1 level, especially for most of the Big 5 schools, the athletic dept is paying for the training table meals and the snack/filler stations, and it is athletes only....a little more exclusive than a "hyped up meal plan". Obviously I'm not at D1 anymore so I may have missed this, but if the walk-ons are participating doesn't that mean it has to be open to the general student body as well? The school I was at basically put a cafeteria in the athletic center so it was mostly athletes, but regular students could eat there if they wanted. Few of them would go to that part of campus to compete with the athletes and so it felt like it was athletes only, but strictly speaking it was open to anyone with a mealplan. That's how I read this article. Are you saying the walk-ons are getting on campus meals they aren't paying for? |
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 8, 2015 15:17:04 GMT -5
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Post by dorothymantooth on Oct 8, 2015 15:55:34 GMT -5
The difference is at the D3 level, the athletes (parents) are paying for the meal plan, and the meals are accessible for the general population. At the D1 level, especially for most of the Big 5 schools, the athletic dept is paying for the training table meals and the snack/filler stations, and it is athletes only....a little more exclusive than a "hyped up meal plan". Obviously I'm not at D1 anymore so I may have missed this, but if the walk-ons are participating doesn't that mean it has to be open to the general student body as well? The school I was at basically put a cafeteria in the athletic center so it was mostly athletes, but regular students could eat there if they wanted. Few of them would go to that part of campus to compete with the athletes and so it felt like it was athletes only, but strictly speaking it was open to anyone with a mealplan. That's how I read this article. Are you saying the walk-ons are getting on campus meals they aren't paying for? Most snack filler stations are in fact the teams locker room, where some have some pretty amazing kitchen areas. They are not available to public and walk-ons can partake, just as walk on's can eat team meals provided at home and on the road. |
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