Dire outcome of participation having no consequences?

• Full scholarship, informally
• Advantage you don't have to pay for
• Nepotism benefit, maybe
• 1973 hit for the Edgar Winter Group
• Something for nothing, as what a hitchhiker seeks
• Deadbeat's hope
• Benefit obtained without cost
• Full scholarship, e.g
• 37-Down follower on a calendar

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context sport English) To snowboard without goals or rules.