America 1979

Chapter 88 The Circle
October 81, 10, the second Tuesday afternoon in October.

In the office area of ​​the Stanford University football stadium, more than a dozen school team members are waiting outside the office of Robbins Miller, 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. For the university team players who have no official income, the subsidy of more than 200 per week and a total of 1000 to [-] per month is A very substantial income.

And the money is "physically" tax-free.

Originally, the money should be paid on a weekly basis, but Big Fat Robbins is a busy man, so it became a monthly payment.

"Hey, buddy, you two are late, the secret service team is almost finished."

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

After Bill and the "star" players of the summer camp high-fived, he also fist-fapped with nearby teammates one by one.

"I don't really care about what I wear. It's Adam, a flirt, who insists on finding a prey at tonight's party, and has been tossing about what to wear for a long time."

Bill explained.

Adam Smith, who has a black jacket with rivets on his upper body, tight breeches on his lower body, and thick-heeled high boots, flicked his instant noodle wig, "Look at it, look at it! Eric Roberts' signature hairstyle, this must be Fascinated by those women who have never seen the world."

Eric Roberts is a popular youth idol at the moment. Bill doesn't have a deep impression of this actor, but he is very 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 head, but she has a strong aura. She often plays the role of a rich girl who is full of bitch. As for her aunt, she is a famous beauty in the late 80s. Her appearance is very suitable for Bill's taste. .

The surrounding team members expressed contempt for Adam's rambunctious words. Although sports students have no culture, their aesthetics are still online. This kind of non-mainstream style that is popular among young people is not recognized by rugby players.

In fact, several freshmen chose the red and white team uniforms for daily wear. The numbers are printed on the front and back of the uniforms, and there is a Stanford University badge on the front left chest, a redwood tree.

Originally, Bill didn't really like wearing team uniforms in his life. He was wearing Ralph Lauren's POLO shirt and sky blue jeans today, but compared with Adam's punk style, the team uniforms became sober and refreshing in an instant.

After the teammates in the office came out, Bill from the offensive team went in to collect the money before Adam.

"It's Bill!" Fat Robbins, who was writing quickly on a paper book, raised his head, recognized the person, bent down, and found an envelope from the bottom drawer.

"Come early in the future. I can't tell the thickness of the envelope. If it is late, the thick one may be sent out."

Robbins handed the envelope to Bill, who was approaching. After the tight end touched the envelope, he held it and did not let go. "I repeat, no specific numbers are allowed to be disclosed to each other. Do you understand?"

What he means is very simple, freshmen and old players are not allowed to exchange how much money they receive every month.But everyone is very familiar with the mix, and probably knows how much money is paid for which position.

For example, Bill received a nutrition fee of US$[-] last month, which was mixed. I don't know how Robbins calculated it.

As for cornerback Adam, it was $920 last month, and running back Arthur Bryan was $[-] last month.

Although Arthur's speed is very fast, and he is considered an excellent player among running backs, the salary of NFL professional teams to running backs is often the second lowest in the offensive group, and the tight end ranks the last, except for star players.

Arthur's nutrition is low but normal, and Bill's money is a little abnormal.

But Mr. Ferrari doesn't care whether it is normal or not, as long as it is in his own hands.

Money, who would think too much?

What's more, the money is still tax-free.

The entire school team can earn more than 2000 million US dollars in one season, and the nutrition expenses for sixty or seventy school team members are more than 70 yuan per year, which is less than 100 million yuan, even if the travel expenses during enrollment and scholarships after enrollment are included , The money the team gave directly to the players was just over $200 million.

Although $200 million sounds scary, especially in the 80s, the salary of the head coach of the red and white team is more than 100 million, plus the annual salary of one or two senior coaches, the money he gets can be paid by all the players quite.

This is also a point that the National College Athletic Association 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 too far.

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

Externally, he only said that he was [-] last month.

"You kid has a lot of strength!" Robbins was surprised that the envelope was suddenly taken away, looked Bill up and down for a few times before waving, "Just remember, go."

The next one is naturally Adam in the defensive group.

After everyone received their nutrition fee, the big circle started to set off for tonight's sorority meeting.

Bill and his roommate sat in the back of a Jeep belonging to running back Arthur Bryan, with freshman quarterback Martin Kent in the passenger seat.

These three people are currently the core of Bill's social circle. The running back and quarterback are all offensive line brothers who help you on the field, and there is no positional conflict. If there is nothing unexpected, they will be friends for the rest of their lives.

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

The teammates in several nearby cars are the mainstay of Bill's social circle.Although in the school team, the offensive team looked down on the defensive team, the defensive team also looked down on the offensive team, and the two teams looked down on the special team at the same time, but externally, the school team members are still united and their social circles overlap.

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

"Let's go together." Bill also wants to buy a car. The Stanford campus is too big, and he took advantage of Arthur Bryan's car in class before. Without a car, he really can't move around in school.

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

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

Bill and the two naturally agreed, and the quarterback Martin and Arthur shared the same dormitory, so they planned to go with them, and the weekend schedule was decided in this way.

After running for half an hour on the road, I arrived at the venue of the fraternity. The participants of the fraternity were sports students and some freshmen. It was jointly organized by the Culture and Sports Department of the Student Union and the Social Federation.Sororities are nominally meant to foster friendships among freshmen, but in reality, everyone understands that they're one big get-out party.

PS: For the first update, please ask for a recommendation ticket and a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)