NCAA council approves meal plans for students including unlimited meals and snacks. The goal is to provide enough nutritional value for the student athletes as they compete in their sports. Prior to this change athletes had meal plans that could very much limit what they could eat in a day but this changes things. Oregon is one of the first schools to offer a state of the art nutrition facility for their football players. We've learned from athlete testimony that some go hungry at night and now these dining halls are being used as another recruiting tool.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Nutrition in College Sports
NCAA council approves meal plans for students including unlimited meals and snacks. The goal is to provide enough nutritional value for the student athletes as they compete in their sports. Prior to this change athletes had meal plans that could very much limit what they could eat in a day but this changes things. Oregon is one of the first schools to offer a state of the art nutrition facility for their football players. We've learned from athlete testimony that some go hungry at night and now these dining halls are being used as another recruiting tool.
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