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Jeffcat
Banned
yeah, I agree 'bout the drive, though my two cousins and I drove, non-stop from ogden, UT, straight to Newark, OH. That was a looooooong drive. I drove bout 18 hrs straight. so, it can be done, just not very safe...
yea but they have to make it to arizona which is still even more hours away. i figure if you are gonna do it economically with the best regards to yourself you are prolly best just to take your own flight. im sure the amount of money they give the players is pretty hefty if they dont go with the team a cheap ticket for a flight to arizona back to columbus wouldnt be horrendous. haha i dunno im just saying. i thought about this cause i contemplated about going down to tempe to go to the game but i am just gonna watch it at home for free.
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AirForceBuck
No mercy
Well, if I remember correctly, Mangold got married this summer, and that alone could account into alot of the cash and belongings laying around the apartment. I remember talking to him about his hair and how his fiance/wife made him cut it for the wedding at the autograph session. So this could be jsut normal wedding items given (cash, jewlery).
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Golferdow01
East-Coast Living
yeah, I agree 'bout the drive, though my two cousins and I drove, non-stop from ogden, UT, straight to Newark, OH. That was a looooooong drive. I drove bout 18 hrs straight. so, it can be done, just not very safe...
Drove straight to Santa Rosa, New Mexico once. You want to talk about a long drive... :(
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MrCodeDude
All-American
Nothing seems out of place other than the $3000 in cash. That's $1K each.
But, everything else is fine. I'm a college freshmen, in our dorm we have a:
30" Television, Xbox & PS2 with around 15 games each, two 20" LCDs, two computers (both probably worth around $1000 - $1500 each) and the guy in the room next to us has around 200 DVDs. Oh, and I have a $85 Ohio State Fossil watch. :)
Other than the cash, everything else seems reasonable.
But, everything else is fine. I'm a college freshmen, in our dorm we have a:
30" Television, Xbox & PS2 with around 15 games each, two 20" LCDs, two computers (both probably worth around $1000 - $1500 each) and the guy in the room next to us has around 200 DVDs. Oh, and I have a $85 Ohio State Fossil watch. :)
Other than the cash, everything else seems reasonable.
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DDN
Hawk says stolen cash built by saving
Father called Tressel to assure him son's finances were legal
By Doug Harris
Dayton Daily News
COLUMBUS | — Ohio State senior A.J. Hawk had been warned repeatedly by his family not to keep cash in a safe in his bedroom.
<!--endtext--> But his failure to heed their advice cost the All-American linebacker about $3,000.
<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> Hawk lost the money when an off-campus house he is renting with teammate Nick Mangold and another roommate was burglarized during Thanksgiving break.
About $6,000 in computers and other valuables belonging to the trio also were stolen.
"He had a Sentry safe, and we'd say, 'Dude, somebody could walk off with that,' '' said Keith Hawk, the player's father. "But his papa (great-grandfather) always saved his money in a safe, and A.J. did the same thing."
The elder Hawk said his son is notoriously frugal and has been saving his money since collecting $1,500 in high-school graduation gifts.
Keith Hawk, a vice president at Lexis-Nexis, said he also supplies his son with regular spending money.
"I made the same agreement with Ryan," he said, referring to an older son who played football at Miami and Ohio University. "I told them if they earned a full scholarship — that's tuition, room and board — I would pay for their food as long as they were college students."
Keith Hawk allowed them to use his credit card and figures A.J. has been racking up about $500 per month in meals and groceries.
Of course, that's far cheaper than paying the full price for college. The typical bill for an in-state student at OSU is about $16,600 this year.
"I'm the one getting the deal," Keith Hawk said.
OSU players living off campus receive a $900 monthly stipend for room and board, and A.J. Hawk pays just $450 in rent and utilities and pockets the rest, according to his father.
"He'd put all he could away," Keith Hawk said. "And you can accumulate a lot of cash in three years. That's how he had all that money."
The elder Hawk phoned OSU coach Jim Tressel on Wednesday to assure him that his star
player's financial dealings have been above board. Tressel responded by saying the call wasn't necessary.
"He told me, 'If there's one guy I don't worry about, it's
A.J.,' '' Keith Hawk said.
A.J. Hawk expects outsiders to be suspicious about how he obtained the money, but he said he built the stash through savings.
"Obviously, people are going to jump on anything they can," he said. "It was no big deal. Sure, I had stuff stolen, but it happens to a lot of people.
"I've been pretty tight my whole life — you can ask anyone — and that's why I had all that money in my room. People may blow it out of proportion. But the way I look at it is, I've lost a lot of money, but it's only cash."
Contact Doug Harris at 225-2125.
<!--endtext--><!-- // END CONTENT // --><!--endclickprintinclude--> <!-- include promo_story_subscribe.html -->
Hawk says stolen cash built by saving
Father called Tressel to assure him son's finances were legal
By Doug Harris
Dayton Daily News
COLUMBUS | — Ohio State senior A.J. Hawk had been warned repeatedly by his family not to keep cash in a safe in his bedroom.
<!--endtext--> But his failure to heed their advice cost the All-American linebacker about $3,000.
<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> Hawk lost the money when an off-campus house he is renting with teammate Nick Mangold and another roommate was burglarized during Thanksgiving break.
About $6,000 in computers and other valuables belonging to the trio also were stolen.
"He had a Sentry safe, and we'd say, 'Dude, somebody could walk off with that,' '' said Keith Hawk, the player's father. "But his papa (great-grandfather) always saved his money in a safe, and A.J. did the same thing."
The elder Hawk said his son is notoriously frugal and has been saving his money since collecting $1,500 in high-school graduation gifts.
Keith Hawk, a vice president at Lexis-Nexis, said he also supplies his son with regular spending money.
"I made the same agreement with Ryan," he said, referring to an older son who played football at Miami and Ohio University. "I told them if they earned a full scholarship — that's tuition, room and board — I would pay for their food as long as they were college students."
Keith Hawk allowed them to use his credit card and figures A.J. has been racking up about $500 per month in meals and groceries.
Of course, that's far cheaper than paying the full price for college. The typical bill for an in-state student at OSU is about $16,600 this year.
"I'm the one getting the deal," Keith Hawk said.
OSU players living off campus receive a $900 monthly stipend for room and board, and A.J. Hawk pays just $450 in rent and utilities and pockets the rest, according to his father.
"He'd put all he could away," Keith Hawk said. "And you can accumulate a lot of cash in three years. That's how he had all that money."
The elder Hawk phoned OSU coach Jim Tressel on Wednesday to assure him that his star
player's financial dealings have been above board. Tressel responded by saying the call wasn't necessary.
"He told me, 'If there's one guy I don't worry about, it's
A.J.,' '' Keith Hawk said.
A.J. Hawk expects outsiders to be suspicious about how he obtained the money, but he said he built the stash through savings.
"Obviously, people are going to jump on anything they can," he said. "It was no big deal. Sure, I had stuff stolen, but it happens to a lot of people.
"I've been pretty tight my whole life — you can ask anyone — and that's why I had all that money in my room. People may blow it out of proportion. But the way I look at it is, I've lost a lot of money, but it's only cash."
Contact Doug Harris at 225-2125.
<!--endtext--><!-- // END CONTENT // --><!--endclickprintinclude--> <!-- include promo_story_subscribe.html -->
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
It is pathetic the way some members of the media have tried to twist this story into more than what it is......much ado about nothing people.
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StooGrimson
He drives around, all over the town...
Did OSU dump the training table for the football and basketball players? Whn I was in school they had dinner for the players each night during the week at the Fawcett Center (and sometimes on weekends). I would assume it's changed, b/c $500 a month for breakfasts and lunches is pretty high (by pretty high I mean ridiculously high unless beer and liquor is included in that $500).
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StooGrimson
He drives around, all over the town...
Obviously you don't date.
Nah, but my wife loves to do that "date night" crap each week, so she can waste my money on overpriced dinners with "friends" of ours. Uh, if they were really friends, I'd hang with them outside of our dinners together. Ugh...I'm ranting...sorry. That's what I get for hooking up with a spoiled princess.
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Keith Hawk estimated that his son A.J. was racking up $500/month on a credit card. The article intimates that Mr. Hawk said that it was Meals and Groceries, which suggests Meals=Restaurants. It also seems likely that he was generalizing when he said that it was Meals and Groceries, and there were other expenses thrown in.
If you're dad gave you a credit card to use in college, and had the bill go to him, how much would you have spent?
That number is high only if you are.
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ysubuck
Be water my friend.
It's nice that even the local sports talk idiots jumped on this and made it an issue. Anything for a story. Make sure you don't let the facts get in the way of the speculation.
By the time I finished college my savings account was at $7,555.83. I worked in the summers and just saved it all. I'll never forget it. I thought I was rich. I only worked a part time job my senior year and used that money to go out. I thought I could take a year off before I got a job with that kind of money saved up.
By the time I finished college my savings account was at $7,555.83. I worked in the summers and just saved it all. I'll never forget it. I thought I was rich. I only worked a part time job my senior year and used that money to go out. I thought I could take a year off before I got a job with that kind of money saved up.
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