P. Diddy Combs' son wins $54K college scholarship

[NY Disney fan]

Discuss:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/taxpa...o-fork-over-his--54-000-ucla-scholarship.html

 

[RitaE]

I saw it on tv the other day with a bunch of idiots acting outraged that he dared to earn a scholarship when his Father should clearly just pay his tuition and then more.

Because you know the one thing this country needs more of is under-performing children of celebrities who just continue to suck their on their parent's accomplishments to fund their worthless lifestyles. That Combs son should be ashamed of himself, earning something like that instead of just accepting his righteous place in life as a morally corrupt Reality TV star.

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[NikitaZee]

He earned it, wealthy father or not. I think it's ridiculous that folks are actually calling for him to return it.

 

[sissy_ib]

Good for him! That kid earned it with his hard work, his dad just happens to be rich. I do think it would be a nice gesture for his father to either offer to pay the tuition himself or to donate a matching amount to a scholarship fund. But I would not look down on him in anyway if he didn't and it certainly does not make me look down on this seemingly hard working young man.

 

[kamik86]

Its a merit scholarship. Assuming he met the criteria he should be able to have it.

If it was a need based scholarship I would understand but its not.

I also think its short sighted of people... How much of the scholarship fund really comes from donations... Maybe just maybe you would be better off if you let the wealthy kid keep what he earned and he would make donations to the school. You know since obviously he has the money (and since he got the scholarship) to go anywhere he wanted he choose this school.

 

[superme80]

Good for him! That kid earned it with his hard work, his dad just happens to be rich. I do think it would be a nice gesture for his father to either offer to pay the tuition himself or to donate a matching amount to a scholarship fund. But I would not look down on him in anyway if he didn't and it certainly does not make me look down on this seemingly hard working young man.

This. It is good to see his son working hard.

 

[JessicaR]

That's right his son earned that. It has nothing to do with his father or his wealth.

 

[HannaBelle]

He earned it, wealthy father or not. I think it's ridiculous that folks are actually calling for him to return it.

I totally agree. He EARNED it through his own blood, sweat, tears and hard work.

Why on earth should he give it back? That is outrageous, I just don't understand some people!

 

[Princess Dolly]

He earned it; good for him.

 

[shortbun]

He earned it, he meets the criteria, he gets it. Why grouse? I saw P. Diddy interviewed about his son and he's way proud. He also said that he's looking into endowing UCLA because his son is getting a good chunk of scholarship. I think the endowment will benefit all the students at his son's school and it makes the 54K that his son gets seem like a small thing.

 

[Robinrs]

He earned it, he meets the criteria, he gets it. Why grouse? I saw P. Diddy interviewed about his son and he's way proud. He also said that he's looking into endowing UCLA because his son is getting a good chunk of scholarship. I think the endowment will benefit all the students at his son's school and it makes the 54K that his son gets seem like a small thing.

If he earned it, it's HIS! His Dad had nothing to do with it, hopefully. I'm sure the endowment will be multiple times the scholarship.

 

[Janepod]

He earned it; good for him. I wish more celebrity offspring worked that hard.

 

[davmill]

Congrats to this young man. It is refreshing to see someone actually wanting to earn their way instead of relying on the accomplishments of their family.

 

[daughtersrus]

On a much smaller scale, there was a local group here that were outraged because the son of the superintendent of our school district won a small (I think $2,000) scholarship last year. It was a merit scholarship and the son had over a 4.0 GPA because of honors/AP classes. They dragged this kid's name through the mud on the internet because they said that he wasn't "man enough" to give the money back and ask his parents for it instead.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

On a much smaller scale, there was a local group here that were outraged because the son of the superintendent of our school district won a small (I think $2,000) scholarship last year. It was a merit scholarship and the son had over a 4.0 GPA because of honors/AP classes. They dragged this kid's name through the mud on the internet because they said that he wasn't "man enough" to give the money back and ask his parents for it instead.

This is so wrong on so many levels. They want the son to be shamed into giving up the scholarship. He earned it (like P. Diddy's son) and should be proud and I hope to God he didn't give the money back.

 

[Kathi OD]

I say congrats to Justin Combs and his dad, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs! How refreshing that a superstar, in an industry that is often villified because of the negative messages they send kids, raised a son who evidently got the message of "with hard work comes success." Equally refreshing is reading about the child of a superstar who doesn't expect to get things just because his dad is famous.

Why should this young man's hard work be any less recognized than someone else just because his dad is rich and famous?

 

[phorsenuf]

He earned it; good for him. I wish more celebrity offspring worked that hard.

Instead of burning $100,000 purses.

 

[LisaR]

I say congrats to Justin Combs and his dad, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs! How refreshing that a superstar, in an industry that is often villified because of the negative messages they send kids, raised a son who evidently got the message of "with hard work comes success." Equally refreshing is reading about the child of a superstar who doesn't expect to get things just because his dad is famous.

Why should this young man's hard work be any less recognized than someone else just because his dad is rich and famous?

 

[Hannathy]

I think it is great that his son earned it from playing football. I also think P Diddy is being penny wise and pound foolish by taking it and getting all this publicity.

I'm sure he pays his PR people far more than 54,000 a year and he will need them to sooth this away.

IMO the smarter thing to have done would have been for his son to accept the spot on the football team and to have turned down the money. That would have got publicity of the good sort for both his son and him.

 

[Schmeck]

I think it is great that his son earned it from playing football. I also think P Diddy is being penny wise and pound foolish by taking it and getting all this publicity.

I'm sure he pays his PR people far more than 54,000 a year and he will need them to sooth this away.

IMO the smarter thing to have done would have been for his son to accept the spot on the football team and to have turned down the money. That would have got publicity of the good sort for both his son and him.

Wait - he got it for playing a freakin' sport?!? That's not a merit scholarship, it's a bribe to go there to increase sports revenue.

Yeah, I hate that some kids get megascholarships/full tuition because they can play ball, but have a substandard GPA. College should be about smarts, not sports.