10/13/81, the second Tuesday afternoon of October.

In the office area of the Stanford University football stadium, more than a dozen members of the varsity team are waiting outside the office of Robbins Miller, the deputy head of the accounting team. According to the agreement, the second Tuesday of each month is the day when they receive the "nutrition fee" of the month, and for the college team players who have not yet received formal income, the subsidy of more than 200 per week and a total of more than 900 to 1,000 per month is a considerable amount of income.

And the money is "physically" tax-free.

Originally, the money was supposed to be paid weekly, but the big fat Robbins was a busy man, so it became monthly.

"Hey, buddy, you're both late, and the people in the special service team are almost finished."

Arthur Bryan yelled and high-fived Bill and Adam, who were late.

Bill high-fived the camp star and then high-fived his teammates nearby.

"I don't really care what I'm wearing, it's Adam who has to find a prey at tonight's party, and I've been tossing and dressing for a long time."

Bill explained.

Adam Smith, who wore a studded black jacket on his upper body, tight breeches on his lower body, and chunky heel boots, stroked his bubble noodle wig, "Look at everything, look at it!" Eric Roberts's signature hairstyle, which must not fascinate the group of women who have never seen the world. ”

Eric Roberts is a popular youth idol at the moment, and Bill is not impressed by this actor, but is familiar with his daughter Emma Roberts and sister Julia Roberts.

Emma and Julia are both beauties, the former has a small face and a short aura, but she has a strong aura and often plays a rich girl who is full of, and her aunt is a famous beauty in the late eighties, and her appearance is very much in line with Bill's taste.

The surrounding players expressed disdain for Adam's ramblings, and although the sports students were uneducated, the aesthetic was still online, and this non-mainstream style that was fashionable among young people was not recognized by rugby players.

In fact, several freshmen chose red and white uniforms for their daily wear, with numbers printed on the front and back, and Stanford University's emblem and a redwood tree on the left chest in front.

Originally, Bill didn't like to wear team uniforms in life, he wore Ralph Lauren's polo shirt and sky blue jeans today, but compared to Adam's punk style, the team uniform instantly became sober and refreshing.

After his teammates in the office came out, Bill of the offensive group went in before Adam to collect the money.

"It's Bill!" Robbins, the fat man, who was scribbling on a paper book, looked up, recognized the person, bent down, and found an envelope in the bottom drawer.

"Later, earlier, I couldn't tell the thickness of the envelope, and if it was too late, it might have been sent out."

Robbins handed the envelope to Bill, who approached him, and pinched it after the close end touched the envelope, "I repeat, don't give each other specific numbers, do you understand?" ”

His meaning is very simple, the new students are not allowed to communicate with the old team members how much money they receive each month. But everyone knows each other very well, and probably knows how much money they took in which position.

For example, Bill received a nutrition fee of 1,040 US dollars last month, ranging from zero to whole, and I don't know how Robbins calculated it.

As for cornerback Adam, it was $1,006 last month, and running back Arthur Bryan was $920 last month.

While Arthur is very fast and a standout running guard, NFL professional teams tend to pay running backs the second-to-last in the offensive group and the first-to-last near forwards, with the exception of star players.

Arthur's nutrition fee is small but normal, and Bill's money is more, which is a bit abnormal.

But Mr. Ferrari doesn't care if it's normal or not, he just has to do it in his own hands.

Who would have too much money?

What's more, this money is still the kind that doesn't have to pay taxes.

The entire varsity team can earn more than $20 million a season, and the nutrition fee for sixty or seventy varsity team members is more than 700,000 yuan a year, less than 1 million, even if you count the travel expenses during enrollment and the scholarship after admission, the team directly gives the team members just over $2 million.

While two million dollars may sound scary, especially in the '80s, the head coach of the Red and White team was paid more than a million, and with the annual salary of one or two senior coaches, the amount of money he received was equal to that of the entire player.

This is also one of the points that the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the NCAA, has been criticized for, completely using young athletes as its own cash cow. In the two categories of football NCAAF and basketball NCAAB, the association has gone particularly far.

"Of course I do!" Bill pulled the envelope over.

Externally, he only said that he was nine hundred and five last month.

"You're a big kid!" Robbins was surprised by the sudden removal of the envelope, and looked Bill up and down several times before waving, "Just remember, go ahead." ”

The next one, of course, is Adam in the defensive group.

After everyone had received their nutrition money, the circle began to set off for the place where tonight's sorority would be held.

Bill and his roommate were riding in a Jeep SUV from running back Arthur Bryan, with the two sitting in the back and the co-opt seat being the rising quarterback Martin Kent.

These three are currently the core of Bill's social circle, the running back and quarterback are all offensive line brothers on the court, you help me and I help you on the court, and there is no positional conflict, if there is no accident, they will be friends for the rest of their lives.

As for his roommate Adam Smith, Bill doesn't get along well with him, and the old critic is very popular everywhere. What's more, both of their surnames have the meaning of blacksmith, which is also fate.

The teammates in the nearby cars were the mainstay of Bill's social circle. Although in the school team, the offensive players look down on the people in the defense group, and the players in the defense group also despise the offensive group, and both groups look down on the people in the special service team at the same time, but externally, the school team members are still very united, and the social circles also overlap with each other.

"Speaking of which, 900 US dollars can be exchanged for a pretty good car, I plan to buy one on the weekend, otherwise we don't have a car in the C-22 dormitory, and it's not convenient to go out to pick up girls." Adam looked enviously at the two hands on the steering wheel.

"Let's do it together." Bill also wants to buy a car, the Stanford campus is too big, and the previous classes were all in Arthur Bryan's car, and if you don't have a car, you really can't move around the school.

"We'll be able to ...... this weekend"

"Let me take you there, I just bought it last month, I have experience." The running back brother offered to offer.

Naturally, the two Bills agreed, and quarterbacks Martin and Arthur were in the same dormitory, so they were ready to go along, and the weekend's schedule was set.

After running for half an hour, I arrived at the venue of the sorority, which was attended by sports students and some freshmen, and was jointly organized by the Culture and Sports Department of the Student Union and the Social Council. The sorority is nominally to promote new friendships, but in reality, everyone understands that this is a super-large single body.

PS: The first update, ask for a recommended ticket for a monthly pass.

(End of chapter)