Student Fee for football

[Cajun90]

If Maggard is getting us in line with peer and larger institutions with policy changes and expecting fans to pay, wouldn’t he push for a student assessed fee just like all other universities across the country?

Doesn't matter what he pushes for I can tell you students are not going to pass an athletic fee. The vote wouldn't even be close.

[CharlieK]

Do students get to vote how much they pay to go to school at other schools around the country? Seems crazy.

[SMD7636]

Doesn't matter what he pushes for I can tell you students are not going to pass an athletic fee. The vote wouldn't even be close.

Are students and parents so entitled that they can’t see the value to their degree by passing a minimal student athletics fee? Athletics is the front porch of our university and employers will notice where your degree is from.

[cajun_lannister]

Are students and parents so entitled that they can't see the value to their degree by passing a minimal student athletics fee? Athletics is the front porch of our university and employers will notice where your degree is from.

Not everyone loves sports we sometimes live in a vacuum on here. My brother who just graduated from UL has never attended a single sporting event outside of a high school football game. He would vote no on a student fee because he has zero interest in UL athletics and there are a lot of students that feel the same.

[CharlieK]

Not everyone loves sports we sometimes live in a vacuum on here. My brother who just graduated from UL has never attended a single sporting event outside of a high school football game. He would vote no on a student fee because he has zero interest in UL athletics and there are a lot of students that feel the same.

Again, why do they get to vote? (I mean other than misguided state policy) The administration should set the tuition and fee level where they think it needs to be, and the students can vote by either attending or not attending the university.

[CajunGrad16]

Things change so I am not sure of the current funding source.

At one time the band/cheerleader fee was included with the IPF/ Bourgeois Hall student fee. Perhaps it still is.

I remember seeing a charge of $5 and $10 at least my last couple semesters and then there was a building use fee as well for all of the campus buildings I think but to me it didn’t make sense to have the students pay for the cheerleaders.

[CajunJeaux]

Not everyone loves sports we sometimes live in a vacuum on here. My brother who just graduated from UL has never attended a single sporting event outside of a high school football game. He would vote no on a student fee because he has zero interest in UL athletics and there are a lot of students that feel the same.

I understand your brother saying no not being a sports fan...but SMD is saying how can he/they not view it as a minor nvestment in their diploma/future...

[CajunGrad16]

Again, why do they get to vote? (I mean other than misguided state policy) The administration should set the tuition and fee level where they think it needs to be, and the students can vote by either attending or not attending the university.

They get to vote on everything when it comes to added fees. My sophomore year we got to vote on if they were going to add more buses and vote on the fountain in the quad. It all boils down to how many people actually participate in the voting. Not a lot of students vote and then the ones that don’t like it get mad that they are being charged an extra amount but they are the same ones that didn’t vote on it.

[CajunJeaux]

I remember seeing a charge of $5 and $10 at least my last couple semesters and then there was a building use fee as well for all of the campus buildings I think but to me it didn’t make sense to have the students pay for the cheerleaders.

This topic always aggravates me...majority of students don’t wanna pay for athletics and cheerleaders and other groups that they have no involvement or interest in yet feel education should be “free” and paid for by others...how ironic...

[MetryCajun]

Every time I see crowd shot of the student section at UL I see Very few people. I don’t see how charging them would help the situation. Lannister is right, I have one going to college and two in HS and paying to watch sports is not on their radar. Kids have different interests today.