[LIB MRDux]

I can understand how someone equates having their tuition paid with being paid (in cash) to play ball, but to me, there is a difference.

All private schools (that I know of) have funds that are used to help cover the cost of tuition for students. That is pretty normal. It is one thing to help a kid with his tuition (assuming that it isn't based solely on his/her athletic contributions) - it would be quite another to hand a kid $100 in cash every time he steps on the court (or field).

And that is exactly what Fuller is claiming. That folks paid him after games. Sometimes folks he "didn't even know". It's total hogwash, but that's his claim. Totally separate from the tuition deal. Not splitting hairs here squid, totally different wigs.