<p>Each of USF’s 461 student-athletes will be given MacBook Pro laptops Monday Dec. 7th with new USF and Apple Computer partnership.</p>
<p>[Apple</a>, USF to provide athletes with laptops](<a href=“http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/03/apple-inc-give-usf-athletes-free-laptops/]Apple”>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/03/apple-inc-give-usf-athletes-free-laptops/)</p>
<p>St. Pete Times story about the partnership Apple and USF:</p>
<p>[South</a> Florida’s deal to get laptops for athletes first of its kind - St. Petersburg Times](<a href=“http://www.tampabay.com/sports/colleges/south-floridas-deal-to-get-laptops-for-athletes-first-of-its-kind/1057365]South”>http://www.tampabay.com/sports/colleges/south-floridas-deal-to-get-laptops-for-athletes-first-of-its-kind/1057365)</p>
<p>Thats Discrimination. Suit</p>
<p>The USF athletic dept. got funding for the laptop program from the NCAA Academic Enhancement Fund, private funds raised from the school’s Bulls’ Club annual auction, and a grant from the Verizon Foundation that USF athletics went out and secured. USF did not use any money from general student fees for the program.</p>
<p>It is not like it is a special privilege for jocks at the expense of other students. It is not discriminatory and nothing sinister is going on; every USF NCAA student-athlete is getting a MacBook, every student at USF may tryout for the 16 athletic teams. The student-athletes have to travel a lot and the laptops can assist with studying while on the go. Other USF students get computers too; for example, National Merit Finalists receive computers through a merit scholarship program at USF.</p>
<p>Yea, u must want to major in Law…bcus I was JOKING.</p>
<p>Where are they getting all of this money from…? They offer scholarship money like crazy and give stuff like this away all of the time.</p>