GT Fans: "This is incredible news"
The ACC is basically a savings account at your local bank while the B1G and SEC are competitive high yield savings accounts. Choose for yourself where you want your money.
Tech already has a ~$150 student athletic fee. Graduate students as well.
I really don’t think adding fees to students is a good way to garner their support. Students who like sports are more than likely going to be fans with or without the fees. Those who are on the fence, or who haven’t really grown up as sports fans would probably just be turned away if they started getting charged huge fees. You gotta remember our student body is comprised of a lot of people that aren’t your typical college football fan. Nearly 10% of our undergrad population is international, and plenty of our domestic students probably grew up not giving a rip about football or sports in general. IMO the best way to create and keep support from students is to keep the barrier of entry low, and try to encourage as much low cost participation as possible.
This info is 4 years old so obviously gone up. For example, Ga. State is $680 per year. But a lot of these are smaller schools trying to play collegiate sports in today's world.
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Not sure an extra $200 per year that is likely part of a student loan or scholarship would put students off from sports. But, maybe. Not negative on charging a fee. Just wanted to point out virtually all schools do it and many are higher than GT. I just was amazed how high some of the schools actually were. If you have no interest in sports, I think parents and/or students might be less than thrilled. Since I am interested in sports and my kids are beyond college age, no complaints from me.What does everyone say around here? That's the cost of doing business and we have to do these things in order to compete?
Students aren’t on campus to finance athletic programs though. They’re on campus to further their education. Sports are supposed to be a fun escape, not some industry they’re responsible for funding. A couple hundred bucks is a lot of money for a college kid, especially in this economy. I think you’d find out pretty quick how displeased the student body would be over raised athletic fees.What does everyone say around here? That's the cost of doing business and we have to do these things in order to compete?
unsure: ) And to some degree, that is part of going to a P5 school. Investors in real estate look at P5 school status when comparing buying a student housing complex or a shopping center. They would much rather be in Auburn or Tuscaloosa or Clemson than in Troy or Rome, GA, Harrisonburg, VA or some other G5 school town.A lot of those are small private schools. Most P4 schools are listed on that chart as $200 or less, with a lot of them at $0. We shouldn’t want or have to have students financing our athletic programs. I’d be willing to bet that the majority of the schools with the highest athletic fees for students receive the lowest donation amounts from alums. I mean just look at the chart. 50% or more of their revenue is paid by student fees. That’s not a feasible way to raise money, or a sustainable way to build a fanbase.
