Star Point Guard, Gets Award 

As Outstanding Player,

Needs Food

Shabazz Napier, point guard for the national Div. 1 Husky basketball champs and the outstanding player in Monday’s final game,  recently told reporters he understands why student athletes need a union:

Napier  told reporters that it’s hard for him to see his championship jersey getting sold while he struggles to eat.

“To some credit, you feel like you want something in return… Like I said, there are hungry nights that I go to bed and I am starving. So something can change, something should change. But if it doesn’t, at the end of the day, we’ve been doing this for so long, so …,”

“We as student athletes get utilized for what we do so well. We are definitely blessed to get a scholarship to our universities, but at the end of the day, that doesn’t cover everything. We do have hungry nights that we don’t have enough money to get food and sometimes money is needed,” the senior told reporters. “I think, you know, Northwestern has an idea, and we’ll see where it goes.”

A university spokesman said that Napier is provided food.

“Shabazz Napier, like all our scholarship athletes, is provided the maximum meal plan that is allowable under NCAA rules. UConn does not have a cafeteria devoted specifically to student-athletes, but they have access to the same cafeterias which are available to all our students.”

University’s Student Athlete Handbook outlines that student athletes with a meal plan have access to the all-you-can-eat dining facilities that are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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