"...but the vast majority of the players used the extra cash to purchase everyday items — food, clothing, tickets to a movie. “There were some athletes who were almost starving,” says Carter. “Wherever the money came from, they were like, Yeah, I’ll take that.”
This quote is one of the most preposterous things I've ever read. The amount of food that these players get is astonishing. It's available in any quantity 24 hours a day.
Most college students would kill to have a fraction of the food that the athletes get on a daily basis.
It kills any credibility the article may have had.