#BuckeyeNation, #OhioState HC @OSUCoachMeyer with a very smart suggestion for the power brokers of college sports (via @BruceFeldmanCFB)

Here's the story:

Urban Meyer raised a compelling point at Tuesday morning's media session about the College Football Playoff in light of all the talk about the welfare of student-athletes and the pay-for-play discussion.

“We were talking about that at dinner last night,” Meyer said. “If I am (Buckeyes defensive lineman) Michael Bennett’s family, and we go on a (playoff) run, you can plan on spending $20,000 going to the Big Ten Championship Game, going to the semi-final game and going to the championship game.”

Meyer pointed out that the families of coaches and other Ohio State staff get their travel and accommodations taken care of with postseason games, so why shouldn't the players' families?

“I think that needs to be addressed,” Meyer said. “How is that family going to not go watch their kid play? If I was on that committee I would have addressed that first.”

Meyer told me he estimated that less than 20 percent of his players' families could handle that cost for three postseason trips.

"That's three vacation trips in about a month," said Bennett a few moments later when asked about the topic. "A lot of families wouldn't be able to afford it.

"I think that'd be nice and not too much to ask for the school to be able to cover a coach flight and a little hotel. It's not like they need anything extravagant. They just want to see their children play in a big-time game."

Asked if he believed that players would put more of a premium on getting their families' travel taken care of or more of a stipend, Bennett said the former: "I think this would be higher up than that because it's a family issue."

July 31, 2014
Source: Fox Sports
Link: http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/2014/07/30/big-ten-media-days-michigan-devin-gardner-brade-hoke-hot-seat-ohio-state.html

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