Which schools give away student tickets?

[Jarid in Cedar]

Sorry, I meant to say which schools, that are good, give away free tickets?

Nothing wrong with being evil

[Uncle Ted]

On this subject I was reading this interesting article in the WSJ about how Clemson doesn't have student fees to support athletics:

Clemson was the only public university in the Atlantic Coast Conference last year—and one of a dwindling number across the country—not charging a specific student fee for the athletic department. Introducing one seemed like an easy way to make a lot of money. Each undergraduate paying up to $350 may not sound like much, but eventually it would have brought in $6 million per year.


Then something unusual happened. Months of talks about a potential sports fee broke down after many Clemson students asked a question that often goes overlooked when it comes to the infusion of cash in college sports: Why?


“We told them point blank that we didn’t see any need for students to pay the fee,” said Maddy Thompson, the president of Clemson’s student government at the time.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-clem...rts-1452209496

This got me wondering how much these student fees for athletic departments are. One would guess that the University of Utah with all its Pac 12 money would have low or no student fees for the athletic department budget. Think again. In 2014, an audit showed about $10 million of its athletic budget is subsidized by the students (or about $334 per student) whether they like sports or not. That represents about 17% of the total athletic budget.

I don't believe that BYU has student fees for the athletic department. In fact, BYU might even be profiting from athletics:

Even with the unprofitable sports, BYU Athletics still made $5.5 million in profit, according to data obtained from the U.S. Department of Education.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...st.html?pg=all

[wapiti]

On this subject I was reading this interesting article in the WSJ about how Clemson doesn't have student fees to support athletics:


http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-clem...rts-1452209496

This got me wondering how much these student fees for athletic departments are. One would guess that the University of Utah with all its Pac 12 money would have low or no student fees for the athletic department budget. Think again. In 2014, an audit showed about $10 million of its athletic budget is subsidized by the students (or about $334 per student) whether they like sports or not. That represents about 17% of the total athletic budget.

I don't believe that BYU has student fees for the athletic department. In fact, BYU might even be profiting from athletics:


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...st.html?pg=all

Sweet. We still have that well to draw from if money gets tight. 30,000x$350/yr = $10MM/yr. That should help our assistant coaching salaries.