Students, Sunday It's On You.

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#76
What would be the total cost of student tickets for football season? For basketball season?
 
#78
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emainvol said:
Oh boo effin hoo, maybe the students should go get jobs.
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How many total seats would you guess the student section comprises? I just want an idea of the revenue this is actually bringing the University. If it is substantial, do you think this is in direct relation to the rising costs of coaches salaries or is there another reason? If the students knew the justification for this, I think they might not complain as much...

Just a thought...
 
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PoochPunt3rdDown said:
How many total seats would you guess the student section comprises? I just want an idea of the revenue this is actually bringing the University. If it is substantial, do you think this is in direct relation to the rising costs of coaches salaries or is there another reason? If the students knew the justification for this, I think they might not complain as much...

Just a thought...
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I don't think the students are getting a raw deal like some seem to think. It's not like students at other schools don't pay for tickets.
 
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tvolsfan said:
I don't think the students are getting a raw deal like some seem to think. It's not like students at every other other schools don't pay for tickets.
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I agree. It's a privilege to watch improved play and all that entails, not an entitlement.
 
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PoochPunt3rdDown said:
How many total seats would you guess the student section comprises? I just want an idea of the revenue this is actually bringing the University. If it is substantial, do you think this is in direct relation to the rising costs of coaches salaries or is there another reason? If the students knew the justification for this, I think they might not complain as much...

Just a thought...
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Bottom line, people ***** about spending money. When it's a case of 10 bucks for a basketball game that I would spend 4 or 5 times as much on for seats that are nowhere near as good, or a football game where I would spend nearly 10 times as much money, I don't feel sorry for them.

And in the interest of disclosure, I work and go to school full time and participate in extracurricular and outside research.
 
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emainvol said:
Bottom line, people ***** about spending money. When it's a case of 10 bucks for a basketball game that I would spend 4 or 5 times as much on for seats that are nowhere near as good, or a football game where I would spend nearly 10 times as much money, I don't feel sorry for them.

And in the interest of disclosure, I work and go to school full time and participate in extracurricular and outside research.
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No doubt. I don't go to every game, as I cannot afford it, but if I were still a student, I think the price of admission would be well worth it, especially for b-ball. Football will follow suit in the near future, hopefully.
 
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#83
Midfielder10 said:
they charged up to 20 bucks for big games last year. They are going back down to 10, but still too much. Especially with the activity fee.
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At Ohio State this year, the students paid a total of 150 dollars for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Mexico State, and Iowa... I'd love to pay 20 dollars a ticket for the big games.
 
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emainvol said:
Oh boo effin hoo, maybe the students should go get jobs.
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Hmm... do you ever remember being in college, let alone paying out of state tuition of over $30,000 a year. You'd think that should cover football games.

I do realize it is much more to pay when you are not a student, but its more on top of the other costs.
 
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Ohiovol09 said:
Hmm... do you ever remember being in college, let alone paying out of state tuition of over $30,000 a year. You'd think that should cover football games.

I do realize it is much more to pay when you are not a student, but its more on top of the other costs.
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I am in college, and I made the choice to go to a school where I could get in state tuition, and work while I am going. I hate to sound cold, but I don't feel sorry for kids who complain about being broke in college. It's mainly because I know way too many people that work and go to school.
 
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It absolutely baffles me that students expect us to hire coaches at ever-increasing prices, recruit nationally, and maintain top-notch facilities while at the same time complain that they have to throw in a little bit for it.

I promise that charging every student 10.00 and moving them to the corner will go over much better than raising ticket prices for donors to over 85.00 a game.

OH, maybe they could cut half of the student seating, sell those 7,000 tickets at face value + donation, and lower the ticket prices for the rest of us. Hmm...it's an extra $6.3 million compared to the 560,000 they'll bring in for 7000 student tickets at $10.00 each.

Students are an important part of the gameday experience, make no mistake, but there's no rule saying the University has to provide 14,000+ seats for students. In fact, it's not even sound business strategy.

I put in my time at the university, and I understood then what students know don't quite grasp: you are why the university is here, but other than atmosphere, the students provide little to nothing to the BUSINESS that is college athletics. Not to sound mean, but....know your place. Students rank juuuuust above the janitorial staff when making monetary decisions. I promise Haslam, Hamilton, etc aren't losing any sleep over this. Hell, Hammy would probably love poor student attendance. Gives him a reason to cut some seats and make some $$$.
 
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#88
Ohiovol09 said:
Not true. There is a student activities fee in our tuition that goes directly towards sporting events
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Not one dime of that goes toward football or basketball.
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hatvol96 said:
Not one dime of that goes toward football or basketball.
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it did

Under the student activity fee, students at the University of Tennessee receive free copies of The Daily Beacon, students receive free medical services from the Student Health Clinic, students receive free FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL tickets from the Athletics Board
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in 2003
 
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#95
nationally, student fees are one of the most common ways universities help fund
intercollegiate athletics. UTAD receives $1 million annually from UTK student fees to
meet Title IX requirements
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per utsports.

So its not a major source as other schools, but still a source nonetheless
 
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#96
banman360 said:
per utsports.

So its not a major source as other schools, but still a source nonetheless
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A source for women's sports. The students contribute squat monetarily toward football and men's basketball. It's been that way for a long, long time.
 
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hatvol96 said:
A source for women's sports. The students contribute squat monetarily toward football and men's basketball. It's been that way for a long, long time.
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They really should be complaining about paying a Women's Basketball coach about a million or so too much, or complain to Congress about Title IX.
 
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PPPpartsp3 said:
They really should be complaining about paying a Women's Basketball coach about a million or so too much, or complain to Congress about Title IX.
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Exactly. However, that would require the student body educating themselves enough on the issue to know what they are talking about.
 
#99
#99
Getting back on topic, I don't know how much of a problem tonight's freeze will be, but my sense is that we might get a decent crowd after all. The roads around my West Knoxville neighborhood were mostly melted this evening.

Anyone want to hazard a crowd prediction?
 
#100
#100
They could do what Ohio U does and just build the ticket prices into the tuition cost. We get in free at every sporting event, but it is technically already built into the tuition. I forget the break down, but the AD gets a portion of the cost.
 
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