Updated Athletic Revenues

[SMD7636]

Students will benefit tremendously from a small increase in student fees for athletics. It’s necessary to maintain status quo with conference peers and possibly grow.

[CajunVic]

One sentence is not the same as the other . . .

[JMV JustMyView]

Students will benefit tremendously from a small increase in student fees for athletics. It’s necessary to maintain status quo with conference peers and possibly grow.

How will students benefit tremendously?

[Turbine]

How will students benefit tremendously?

Athletics puts your degree on the map.

Otherwise you have a degree from a school they never heard of.

Tremendously is an understatement

[SMD7636]

First off, they are supporting themselves as student athletes. Secondly and it’s been stated previously, the marketing value of the degree will increase with athletic success. Thirdly, they will gain entertainment value and university pride from sports. I am sure others can think of many more ways the students will benefit from increased financial support of athletics.

[CajunVic]

If you really feel strongly about that, then assess yourself today the fees you believe you should have paid when you went to school here and automatically increase the value of your diploma . . .

[Turbine]

If you really feel strongly about that, then assess yourself today the fees you believe you should have paid when you went to school here and automatically increase the value of your diploma . . .

I think for most here the RCAF covers that end of the spectrum.

[CajunVic]

I think for most here the RCAF covers that end of the spectrum.

It should be in addition to that if one wants to be honest about it . . . you were never assessed when you went to school . . . if you want to assess others, pay your part . . .

[cajunjayhawk]

If we base our fees on base of 15k undergrads…add $250 a semester for athletics, that’s $3.75 mil per semester in fees towards athletics.

Without counting summer or winter sessions, that’s $7.5 mil per year to add to athletic budget.

That jumps up to 5th in SBC.

If they would even start there and add that every other year the fee goes up 5-10%. That fee would increase over time without further approval needed thus yielding more revenue for future (inflation)

It would also not shock students by seeing an additional $1-2k added per semester.

I’m pretty sure you could get a single season ticket for football, basketball, baseball, and softball for less than $500 a year. No?

[Turbine]

It should be in addition to that if one wants to be honest about it . . . you were never assessed when you went to school . . . if you want to assess others, pay your part . . .

No need.

The effect is the same, RCAF donors are enhancing the schools reputation, post graduation.

Asking them to time travel and pay more because their income didn't reach it's full potential due to lack of investment in a timely manner to where they could have benefited to the full is disingenuous at best.