@jcgatennismom: I am trying to understand what you said. For example, let say Sam Riffice won the NCAA
men tennis in 2019 and got a WC entry into the US Open where he lost to Federer and Sam collected $58K
prize money (46K after tax). Let also assume that he was a junior at UVA at the time he won the NCAA
men tennis single. The NCAA tournament ended in late May 2019 and the US Open didn't start until the
last week of August 2019.
Since Riffice already knew that he would get the WC entry into the US Open by virtue of winning the NCAA
men single, he could do the following between Jun and August 2019:
- spend 10K on physical training with a physical trainer,
- spend 20K on tennis training at IMG,
- spend 10K on tennis racquets and strings,
- spend 6K on travel, meal and expense for competing at the US Open,
According to the NCAA rules that you posted in your thread, how does a college player violate the NCAA rule by
accepting the prize money at Grand Slam event since he already invested 46K in preparing for the US Open?