The issue here is not whether players should receive a stipend above their free scholarships.

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The Director of the National Science Foundation (metallurgist Arden L. Bement) shall establish a Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program which will apply to 1, 000 students that will receive free-ride scholarships plus stipends and internships.

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Vincent Tan: The main causes I support include community causes (provide aid for the poor, children, elderly folks), health causes (provide support and financial aid for treatment of diseases like AIDS, kidney ailments, cancer, free acupuncture centre), education (providing scholarships for education, and free education for underprivileged children and youth), environmental preservation (protection and preservation of coral growth), support and promotion of local performing arts, and humanitarian assistance for disaster relief.

FORBES: Malaysian Billionaire Vincent Tan on Philanthropy