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20 economist sunsuntribune sports saturday june 102006 athletes coaches welcome new ontario scholarships firstyear students must have 80 to earn 3500 by mike hayakawa staff writer athletic programs at ontario universities arent asking for a lot all they want is a reason ably level playing field when they are competing for a canadian interuniversity sport title in recent years the ontario university athletics conference has been playing at a disadvantage when fac ing its counterparts from the atlantic provinces and west ern canada it says schools from the east and west can entice prospective studentathletes by offering up to the cost of tuition for them to attend their school and play sports such hasnt been the case for oua schools but starting in the 200708 season oua member schools could see this dispar ity narrowed when they will offer athletic financial awards to prospective stu dentathletes under the proposed pro gram a school can offer a firstyear studentathlete up to 3500 however 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same degree york mens hockey coach graham wise thinks the incentive wont alter his pro gram dramatically based on his 19 years on the job in recruiting players the stouffville resident noted a good number of players who join his program come after labouring a couple of seasons in tier two junior a and only a small percent age would be eligible under the rigid academic guidelines placed on successful candi dates of the 250 kids i recruit maybe two or three might have over an 80percent average he said but this program is beneficial to other sports particularly to those where the students go direct ly into a university program from high school even coaches outside the oua see the program as a positive step especially where it can be utilized with a specific sport associations financial incentive package stouffvilles henry brun- ton royal canadian golf association national mens coach says a carded national performer who qualified for the oua package could receive an extra 1800 a month under the rcgas high performance program if a studentathlete can combine both packages mr bruntdn thinks it might pro vide the incentive needed to attend a university in ontario rather than go to a us school its very exciting for us he said this will be helpful for the oua right now graham wise york university hockey coach says scholarships will affect other sports more theres a lot of competition in canada to recruit players to be the best they can academ ically and as an athlete and the culture of high perform ance golf is changing were hoping we will have at least 25 per cent of our national teams players studying in canada for some studentathletes currently in high school the ouas proposal is tempting i kind of want to stay home said sarah wells a grade 11 unionville high school student who was the ontario federation of school athletic associations senior 400metre low hurdles champion but as compared with a full scholarship to get 3500 isnt a lot of money marlee johnsons decision 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