UK2K
04-15-2016, 08:50 AM
On the same day Clemson's Board of Trustees announced a big raise for Coach Dabo Swinney, students and alumni of the university were petitioning to keep their football tickets free, but the school says there is some misinformation about the newly proposed ticket plan.
Julian Taylor, the Chairman of Athletics with Clemson's student government, created a petition on change.org saying the university is pushing to charge students $225 for tickets to sit in the lower deck at Clemson football games beginning in fall 2016. The petition has amassed more than 8,000 signatures from students and alumni, with a goal of 10,000. University leaders say the petition is creating some confusion over whether the $225 would be a mandatory fee.
Ok, I don't really care about whether or not students have to pay for tickets. IMO, if you want better seats, you pay for better seats. Seems obvious. But this line from the student body president stuck out to me:
Student Body President Joey Wilson believes the plan is divisive, "We are concerned that this new policy will divide the Clemson Family between students who have the means to pay for season tickets and those who do not, and this has many negative implications."
As I thought about it, I thought, Joey is probably right. But, given the way our country is headed right now (the wrong ****ing direction), are the prices of sporting events discriminatory?
I brought this up because the story of the sorority forced to cancel their annual Derby party was faced with the accusation of 'having to buy a ticket is economic discrimination'.
So is it? In a way, yeah, if you can't afford it, you could (again, in today's world) argue it's discriminatory. Local governments have used property taxes as a means to move the poor out of certain areas with high property value, so yeah you can be discriminated against economically. But then where does it stop? TV's? Cell phones? Does everyone have a right to an Xbox One?
Julian Taylor, the Chairman of Athletics with Clemson's student government, created a petition on change.org saying the university is pushing to charge students $225 for tickets to sit in the lower deck at Clemson football games beginning in fall 2016. The petition has amassed more than 8,000 signatures from students and alumni, with a goal of 10,000. University leaders say the petition is creating some confusion over whether the $225 would be a mandatory fee.
Ok, I don't really care about whether or not students have to pay for tickets. IMO, if you want better seats, you pay for better seats. Seems obvious. But this line from the student body president stuck out to me:
Student Body President Joey Wilson believes the plan is divisive, "We are concerned that this new policy will divide the Clemson Family between students who have the means to pay for season tickets and those who do not, and this has many negative implications."
As I thought about it, I thought, Joey is probably right. But, given the way our country is headed right now (the wrong ****ing direction), are the prices of sporting events discriminatory?
I brought this up because the story of the sorority forced to cancel their annual Derby party was faced with the accusation of 'having to buy a ticket is economic discrimination'.
So is it? In a way, yeah, if you can't afford it, you could (again, in today's world) argue it's discriminatory. Local governments have used property taxes as a means to move the poor out of certain areas with high property value, so yeah you can be discriminated against economically. But then where does it stop? TV's? Cell phones? Does everyone have a right to an Xbox One?