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Majority opinions of The Red & Black's editorial board
Issue date: 6/14/07 Section: Opinions
Six hours? No tix
New distribution process takes "super seniors" out of football ticket equation
This fall, most football fans at the University will have a better chance of getting tickets.
Having fielded complaints from dissatisfied students for years, the Athletic Association finally decided a change in ticket distribution policy was necessary. The new scheme changes both the time students receive their ticket packages and the qualifications needed to be eligible to get one.
The biggest change involves who is eligible for tickets. Students must be taking at least 12 hours, the minimum number necessary to be considered full-time, in order to sign up for tickets.
The new policy benefits students in three ways. First, it takes the burden off of freshmen and sophomores, who would have otherwise probably been left high and dry while their older, more beer-gutted peers enjoyed baking in the student section.
Second, it takes out of the equation fifth-and-sixth-year seniors who stick around for the sole purpose of abusing the old seniority-based system to get cheap tickets. Seniors who cheat underclassmen out of a chance to root for the Dawgs will no longer be able to use their perpetual senior standing to grab the tickets of younger fans, cheating them out of a one-of-a-kind University experience in the process.
Last, it provides an incentive for students who otherwise might have other priorities to challenge themselves in academics. Twelve hours isn't much to ask in exchange for what many consider to be the greatest Saturdays of their young lives.
The message is clear: have fun rooting for the Dawgs from the student section, but don't expect to screw over younger students in the process.
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New distribution process takes "super seniors" out of football ticket equation
This fall, most football fans at the University will have a better chance of getting tickets.
Having fielded complaints from dissatisfied students for years, the Athletic Association finally decided a change in ticket distribution policy was necessary. The new scheme changes both the time students receive their ticket packages and the qualifications needed to be eligible to get one.
The biggest change involves who is eligible for tickets. Students must be taking at least 12 hours, the minimum number necessary to be considered full-time, in order to sign up for tickets.
The new policy benefits students in three ways. First, it takes the burden off of freshmen and sophomores, who would have otherwise probably been left high and dry while their older, more beer-gutted peers enjoyed baking in the student section.
Second, it takes out of the equation fifth-and-sixth-year seniors who stick around for the sole purpose of abusing the old seniority-based system to get cheap tickets. Seniors who cheat underclassmen out of a chance to root for the Dawgs will no longer be able to use their perpetual senior standing to grab the tickets of younger fans, cheating them out of a one-of-a-kind University experience in the process.
Last, it provides an incentive for students who otherwise might have other priorities to challenge themselves in academics. Twelve hours isn't much to ask in exchange for what many consider to be the greatest Saturdays of their young lives.
The message is clear: have fun rooting for the Dawgs from the student section, but don't expect to screw over younger students in the process.
Football foibles
Football player arrests help teach an important lesson: Don't get caught
If a third-string quarterback gets suspended and nobody cares, is he really suspended?
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