“The Slippery Slope of Pizza Money": The Money Scheme “The Slippery Slope of Pizza Money,” written by Douglas S. Looney, deals with the controversial issue of athletic scholarships given out by the NCAA at the collegiate level. This article states the new idea that college athletes on scholarship can now have jobs as well as attending school during their competitive seasons and earn up to $2,000 a school year. Douglas S. Looney does an excellent job in persuading me, the reader, in why this is an unfair and illegal thing to do. According to Looney, this new rule set up by the NCAA