Fine Lines & College $

That could be a sticky point. Basically you cannot be paid for playing your sport.
I would assume that it would be okay but I would be careful how the money is received. You can be reimbursed for direct expenses for playing on a team. Again I would be careful. Are the other players being reibersed as well might be important.

The money should not be paid directly to the player, it should to go through the team, only if it is from someone the player is not familiar with. This avoids any problems. Friends and family do not count. It cannot come from anyone who is involved in sports (agent, advisor, etc). Sponsorship is ok, special favors are not.

Don't worry about it.

Most of the club team is affluent and pays to play basically. On a case by case basis kids from families with lower incomes can be sponsered by unknown parites to play.

So no $ actually comes to you just goes to the club in your name.

The Private school tuition is done as reducing tuition for those players.

So would that be a definite maybe or case by case?

It's ok.

Look at it this way, many teams raise money for needed funds to play for all of their players and to help the team exist. These funds come from individuals who are giving it to the team to help for costs. As an example, MLB teams sponser travel teams, scout teams, etc.

The problem lies when you accept money from anyone who would sway you to make a choice, later on, as in example boosters or sponsors of college teams, or agents or advisors.

It is quite common for private schools to provide "scholarships" to offset the tuition costs for families that have a need. In California I have never seen it called a "sports scholarship" ...wink..wink. It is always considered academic and based on need.

Two of the top So Cal football programs (Oaks Christian and St Bonnaventure) do this all of the time for their football players. To my knowledge this has never affected any of them, and some are very, very, high profile players.

It should be okay. That is like a corporate sponsor who pays the team fees for a player. There is a senior team here that pays you direct expenses and it is paid to the player of parents. That league is full of college players. It is always directly related to gas, hotel etc.