Palmetto Proving Grounds

His eligibility has run out.I would assume you could

Nice gesture on your part, but I hve a feeling Roth wouldn't want anyone buying him any clubs. Just a gut feeling.

Would be my feeling too but he's been trolling on twitter the last two days for stuff like this. Said he got a free dinner yesterday for the first time, floated the golf club thing, talked about getting some clothing from some baseball clothing company and then talked about a potential glove endorsement. I don't blame him one bit. He's spent the last four years making alot of money for alot of people and none of those people were him. If he plays in the minors for a few years and then has to get a "real" job then his window is closing real fast to cash in.

If he signs a major league contract, shouldn't he be able to afford his own?

Mike,

I love it when you post. And it has nothing to do with what you say.

Nice gesture and effort Mike. Your heart's in the right place and I admire you for it.

Lets see...according to USC website:
Tuition: $10,168 in-state (resident)
Housing: $5,440 (resident/nonresident)
Meals: $2,752 (resident/nonresident)
Books: $950 (average)
That's about $19k a year, not to mention access to personal trainers, coaches, medical care, and much much more. But we'll go with the lowball figure of $19k a year.
That means he made almost 80k for himself over the 4 years. I'd say that's a lot of money for a college student.

If you saw my post from earlier this morning, you'll see that Michael sent me a note and thanked me but told me not to continue. Ok, end of story.....not quite. I found out that what I was about to do is a violation of NCAA rules.
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And this is an FYI for anybody else like me that is just an enthusiastic fan with good intentions. I got a letter from the USC Compliance today and they explained to me the situation as follows:
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Staff Interpretation

Providing gifts or cash to student-athletes who have exhausted eligibility

Date Published: August 21, 1987
Item Ref: b

Interpretation:

A representative of a member institution's athletics interests asked whether he could provide cash or gifts to a student-athlete whose eligibility was exhausted five years ago, but who just graduated from the institution. The staff concluded that while the representative could employ the former student-athlete after graduation or could be involved in another type of legitimate business arrangement with him, it would not be permissible for the representative to give the student-athlete cash or other gifts.

Educational Column

Extra benefits to student-athletes after eligibility is exhausted

Date Published: March 15, 1989

In accordance with the provisions of Bylaw 16.02.3 [formerly NCAA Constitution 3-1-(g)-(5)], an extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution's athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or the student-athlete's relative or friend a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Receipt of a benefit by a student-athlete or the relatives or friends is not a violation of NCAA legislation if it is demonstrated that the same benefit is generally available to the institution's students or their relatives or friends.

The NCAA Council recently confirmed an interpretation of Bylaw 16.02.3 that a representative of a member institution could employ a former student-athlete after graduation and the student-athlete could be involved in a legitimate business arrangement with the representative; however, it would not be permissible for the representative to provide the student-athlete cash or other gifts subsequent to the completion of the student-athlete's eligibility. Such extra benefits would be considered impermissible recruiting inducements.

The vast majority get nothing CLOSE to a full ride.

If he has graduated from college you could buy him Laci from UT and nothing could be done..

ps.. don't buy him golf clubs... nice thought, but it's sorta douchebaggery

He may have been disassociated but he was still there in the same seats at The Sarge doing the K signs after all of that. Haven't seen him at The Ray though.