Daddy Coombs could simply match the scholarship with an in kind donation, though with his fortune he should triple it at the least.

Oops! I mean *UCLA

I’ll be the first to say I’m a hater of nepotism but this is clearly not the case. This kid is earning his way through life and not having it handed to him. Perhaps because Diddy (or whateverthehell he calls himself these days) comes from poverty and knows the value of hard work.
I say good for the kid. These other Hollywood parents & their brats should take a lesson from Diddy and Justin (I’m looking at you Will and Jada).

Why would he give it away just because his dad, not him, has money? He worked so hard for that and he has every right to have it! Other kids who go to that school, their parents have a lot of money, and people don’t pressure them to give away their scholarships. The only reason this is even a discussion is because his dad is a celebrity.

And the needs base and merit base is not misleading. Merit base is he earned the scholarships over others and the needs base is for a lower income family.

If you have a kid and they do really good in school and get a scholarship, would you make your kid give the scholarship away if there is someone else who is going to that school whose family makes less money than yours? I highly doubt it! You would be proud of your child and let them keep it!

Sure, give it to someone that didn’t work hard enough to actually EARN it, just so they can blow thier chance once they’re actually in college.

Doesnt make sense to me. He earned it, why shouldn’t he keep it?

The fact that he is receiving a sport’s scholarship and not an academic one helped. My daughter graduated #3 out of 800 students and did not receive anything. They counted our income and said she was not need based even though it was academically deserved. Let him have it if they are going to give it to him. Everyone who earned it should be allowed to have it regardless of parent income. My child worked hard through high school and received nothing but was able to receive scholarships from the college once she proved her academics there. HE DESERVES IT.

Nicely said!!

Justin, as you stated you put the work in, you deserve what you received, and I’m am very happy for you. What you accomplish in this world is your’s, not you father’s.

Personally I think that his Father should pay… There are kids out there who will never get a chance to go because their parents have not got the means for it. It’s all good and well to say he deserves when I am sure there are lots of other kids who deserve that kind of education as well, sadly they wont ever receive it because their parents really do not have any money. I think it’s great that he earned his position but I don’t think it is right for his Father to let someone else miss out on an education when he has the means to send him without even putting a dent in his wallet.

Walk on and give the scholarship to a poor kid. Combs deserved and earned it, but it would be a great PR move

Exactly

You know what he deserves how? We’re you there when he did the work? Nope

You comment is completely ignorant . Will and jada actually RAISE THEIR KIDS. as a family while diddy throws maybachs and thousand dollar shoes at his kids and leaves their moms to raise them all pay child support not even married nor commited to either one. Diddy ain’t raise his kids worthy. Damn and that’s shows by his behavior absence and tv shows he’s done in the past. Only time he’s present is financially for his kids. HE Is the one who needs to take notes from will and jada. Not vice versa.

Actually my parent would and I would if I were rich. People can defend him all they want but do they give their child million dollar vehicles like its candy? No. It’s called being a human being and giving it to someone who needs it far more than him.

Idgaf what anyone says. Judging from the way this kid talks act and everything from tv to twitter he is NOT intelligent. I graduated from the hs he went to. And let me tell you. Buying grades isn’t no secret there. Diddy BUYS what he wants. If my child even applied for a scholarship and I’m as wealthy ass diddy already I’d stop them. What happened to having scholarships and the board of the schools looking at the families financial aid? It’s not like he had a 4.0 he has a simple B average something even my kids have achieved all through school. Now they even go up to 4.5 so his goa isn’t anything impressive to me. Why use something someone else who is sitting at home with a higher goa could use but can’t get one because it’s going to a kid who can easily sell his car and pay for THREE childresn yearly educations? Open your eyes people. This is DIDDY we are talking about. Not the president. And bringing other wealthy families into this is dumb too because I doubt other wealthy families have done and bought the stuff diddy hands to his kids. He buys his way through parenting. Main people in his kids life are clearly the mothers. Who reep this mans 10,000 and more child support. And a man who has bragged that he pays security detail for each of his children separately to be with them 24/7 . Be real people. Many people deserve things don’t mean they have anything entitled.

Praises to you Ben. Finally someone who is logically thinking. And not kissing ass

I don’t understand what you are talking about. You say Diddy “buys everything” for his children. I suppose you are implying that he “bought” Justin’s grades. If that is the case, why would UCLA give one of their sports scholarships to him unless Diddy “bought” it? And if he did “buy” the scholarship for his son, in your opinion, then what is the problem? Also, what does buying his son a car and having security for his kids have to do with his son’s academic achievements? Why would this child have to sale his car to pay for the education of other kids. Why should he care? No taxpayer money has been used to pay for these scholarships. Nothing you are saying makes any sense. It just sounds like a rant from someone who resents rich people and is jealous of a child with money.

Clearly he said he should use his car to pay for his own education. En used an anology of what the car was worth. Re read what he said dude.

I don’t understand why people would want him to give up his scholarship that’s him basically giving up his spot on the team if he worked for it what ever his dad makes should matter

Actually the point the article and I have to say at least 80% of people out here are trying to tell you guys this is NOT about MONEY. period… Do you know that before his dad bought him his car it was not based on achieving a certain grade average. Or doing some volunteer work. NO you don’t I am very happy to see something like this happen. Money did NOT buy this child’s hard work. He EARNED it. It was NOT given to him. But then again I guess that might be the problem here. He earned it it was not just given to him. I realize that that is the new NOW thing. But I come from old school rules. You don’t earn it You don’t get it. So maybe I don’t know this might help the other 20% out here will finally get it is NOT about the MONEY. wowwww just saying.

You don’t know what they did you don’t know them! Your just reading a half ass comment and basing it on that.

He would lose a spot on the team I intact am an athlete and know how it works. He wouldn’t lose his spot at all.

Stupid it’s GPA not goa dumbass he did deserve if I was rich and won the lottery I should just give it away right. Not if I’m hungry and you are hungry but I worked for my meal and you didn’t I should just let you have it right? Not!

He would NOT lose his spot. It don’t work that way at all.

And what gives you the idea he worked hard for anything? We’re you there when he “did” the work? Nope. Even more reason why the university don’t need to be giving already privileged kids money they clearly dont need.

I miss the fact when making a 3.7 gpa in HIGH SCHOOL is that difficult? NOT AT ALL. 3.7 gpa is barely an A. I’m waiting to be wowed.

Thats a basic wide receiver for hs/college do your research

You know Let’s be real comments like this one, Don’t even give it a second thought. Because somone who responds to your comment that was not vile at all just tells you what kind of person you are dealing with. I don’t know about most but my feeling is with these kinds of mmm people ignore them they might just go away lmao just saying

why is ucla picking up 2 star athletes?…………says where the program is headed….

I myself try to look at things that make some sense anyways. And I must say in my own opinion the posts from this Ben who claimed to go to hs with him, and knows for a fact that is dad bought his grades. Well it might be true, but I come from the if it don’t make sense then it usually is not true. And it does not make sense that this nobody Knows this was done. Yet reporters and such have never reported on this fact and they would if they found it with No doubt. But even more is that the ones who have been posting negative comments on this poor kid jumped at the statement this Ben as put in to the melee. Just saying