Student Fee for football

[Cajun90]

Student Tickets needs to be added into tuition costs......no fee.

That would require permission from the state which isn't going to happen. The reason we have "fees" is because those can be done at the University level and do not add to the tuition reimbursement requirements under TOPS.

[Rainman66]

My son went to Texas, and got the Big Ticket every season. Here are the details, https://texassports.com/news/2018/5/...r-2018-19.aspx

Very simply, students purchase, if they want it, and it is first come/first serve for however many student GA seats are at the appropriate event. Doesn't seem difficult.

[cajun4life]

That would require permission from the state which isn't going to happen. The reason we have "fees" is because those can be done at the University level and do not add to the tuition reimbursement requirements under TOPS.

We can have student athletic fees if they are voted on and approved by the students. Which we should present to them as a needed fee in order for us to move into a better conference.

[CajunEXPRESS]

My son went to Texas, and got the Big Ticket every season. Here are the details, https://texassports.com/news/2018/5/...r-2018-19.aspx

Very simply, students purchase, if they want it, and it is first come/first serve for however many student GA seats are at the appropriate event. Doesn't seem difficult.

Yes, but nothing like that was proposed here.

[CajunGrad16]

Student Tickets needs to be added into tuition costs......no fee.

I believe they already are. That’s why they are “free”. I even remembered paying a small amount for the band and cheerleaders as well.

[Turbine]

I believe they already are. That's why they are "free". I even remembered paying a small amount for the band and cheerleaders as well.

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.

[cajun_lannister]

We can have student athletic fees if they are voted on and approved by the students. Which we should present to them as a needed fee in order for us to move into a better conference.

Students would never vote for that right now you need a big run in football and maybe then you have a 30% chance of it passing

[SMD7636]

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?

[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.