Why can't a non-scholarship athlete play college basketball if he has a job to pay his own way through school?

Question

Why can't a non-scholarship athlete play college basketball if he has a job to pay his own way through school?

Answer 1

a non-scholarship athlete can play college ball. it just  harder to make the team because athletes with scholarships tend to be the best players.

they are many athletes that join teams as walk-ons. scottie pippen was one of those players.

Early life

Scottie Pippen was born in Hamburg, Arkansas, attending college at the University of Central Arkansas. At the start of his college career, the then 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Pippen was a walk-on for the NAIA school and depended on his stipend for being the team manager and his summer job as a welder to fund his education.[1] In those four years, however, Pippen grew to a height of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m). He eventually reached 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[2]) and improved enough by his senior year to be considered a viable NBA prospect.

Answer 2

Job,practice,class,studying,sleep,eat

no time for team sports

Answer 3

Yeah dude, you could do it, but you would hardly have time to sleep.  And you'd be TIRED... Preseason College basketball practice is no joke.