[Jamesy]

Somewhat dubious online sourcing, but if the linked story is true I think he's a football fan (and that Stepfan Taylor is a really nice guy).

https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/good-sp...hday-party

 So you can imagine what it must have been like for kindergartner Ben Levin to see Stepfan Taylor, Stanford's star running back, to show up at his birthday celebration.

Levin's dad Jon, a professor and the chair of Stanford's Economics Department, emailed Cardinal coach David Shaw with his son's longshot wish:

"We have been going to all the football games this year," Jon wrote. "Last week, when we were watching the first UCLA game, Ben announced that he wanted to invite Stepfan Taylor to his birthday party. Naturally we told him that probably Stepfan Taylor would be too busy to come to a kindergarten birthday party, but that Ben could email an invitation."

Sure enough, Taylor got the message and showed up to Ben's party. He played football with the kids and even tried some of the cake.

"It was probably the greatest 6-year-old birthday party ever," Jon Levin told the University's website. "Very cool and I was so impressed with Stepfan's generosity."  

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Edited to add: A 2014 survey question asked economists whether they agreed with this statement: "If the NCAA let colleges pay athletes with more than scholarships (which currently may cover tuition, books, room and board), then top colleges in men’s basketball and football would pay most athletes substantial sums beyond full scholarships."

Levin was among the 38 percent of economists to strongly agree with the statement. He added: "Schools are not afraid to spend money to win at football & basketball - look at coaching salaries."

FWIW.

https://www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/...-athletes/

Cool story about Stepfan Taylor. The linked story has a picture from the party so seems to be true and he's a regular at Stanford football games.

[Jamesy]

Somewhat dubious online sourcing, but if the linked story is true I think he's a football fan (and that Stepfan Taylor is a really nice guy).

https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/good-sp...hday-party

 So you can imagine what it must have been like for kindergartner Ben Levin to see Stepfan Taylor, Stanford's star running back, to show up at his birthday celebration.

Levin's dad Jon, a professor and the chair of Stanford's Economics Department, emailed Cardinal coach David Shaw with his son's longshot wish:

"We have been going to all the football games this year," Jon wrote. "Last week, when we were watching the first UCLA game, Ben announced that he wanted to invite Stepfan Taylor to his birthday party. Naturally we told him that probably Stepfan Taylor would be too busy to come to a kindergarten birthday party, but that Ben could email an invitation."

Sure enough, Taylor got the message and showed up to Ben's party. He played football with the kids and even tried some of the cake.

"It was probably the greatest 6-year-old birthday party ever," Jon Levin told the University's website. "Very cool and I was so impressed with Stepfan's generosity."  

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Edited to add: A 2014 survey question asked economists whether they agreed with this statement: "If the NCAA let colleges pay athletes with more than scholarships (which currently may cover tuition, books, room and board), then top colleges in men’s basketball and football would pay most athletes substantial sums beyond full scholarships."

Levin was among the 38 percent of economists to strongly agree with the statement. He added: "Schools are not afraid to spend money to win at football & basketball - look at coaching salaries."

FWIW.

https://www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/...-athletes/

Cool story about Stepfan Taylor. The linked story has a picture from the party so seems to be true and he's a regular at Stanford football games.