The Bernie Sanders approach to sports funding? No thanks!

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Apr 17, 2019
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Styro

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POLL: Yay or nay: Every student pays $100-$150 extra every fall semester as part of tuition. That is listed as a “sports fee” but for that the students get a pass to every school sanctioned sporting event.

DrKennethNoisewater CFO - Ryan Reynolds Fan Club

4/16/19 4:32pm

I've been told on this board that only nerds that don't care about sports go to

MasterLump

4/16/19 4:34pm

College kids can fork up an extra $100 a semester

DrKennethNoisewater

4/16/19 4:40pm

Seriously. Head to the nearest plasma center three times and ✅

autonomous

4/16/19 4:46pm

lets just skip the middle man and BYU can just require you donate your plasma 3

here's to hoping

4/17/19 12:29pm

I think you should take an economics class before making such asinine comments

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 9:33am

LOL ok. Great line

DrKennethNoisewater

4/17/19 9:37am

I'm thinking you're thinking of the college kids that come from a different

AFewThoughts

4/17/19 10:04am

or those that ran out of $$$ by December and had to eat ramen noodles everynight

here's to hoping

4/17/19 12:31pm

BYU tuition is low comparatively, but that does not make it a small amount.

Mattattack159

4/17/19 12:42pm

Optional or mandatory?

Sea Chicken

4/16/19 4:36pm

Mandatory base fee, optional extra fee to get guaranteed “good seats”

DrKennethNoisewater

4/16/19 4:39pm

ok, I still vote no.

Sea Chicken

4/16/19 4:40pm

That’s a bummer. BYU sports will stay average while their funding stays average.

DrKennethNoisewater

4/16/19 4:41pm

The problem with this is that BYU reports a profit...

CoachSpeak

4/16/19 5:04pm

Why are you asking students to pay for this? What did they ever do to you?

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 9:36am

I’m just suggesting ways for BYU to get more $$$ for sports because the church won’t fund

DrKennethNoisewater

4/17/19 9:38am

Sounds like you should talk to ESPN or the Church, and not students? Stop then.

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 12:55pm

as a parent of a BYU student and another college student. Such things really...

BYU Grounds

4/16/19 4:37pm

Yes, should be mandatory.

JOPE

4/16/19 4:39pm

If each student chipped in $150 a year, it would be almost

JOPE

4/16/19 4:47pm

USU did that to me and I hated it. It doesn't help when I cheer for BYU.

Jazzyturtle

4/16/19 4:39pm

Should have chosen a different school.

DrKennethNoisewater

4/16/19 4:40pm

There wasn't a lack of trying 😉

Jazzyturtle

4/16/19 4:41pm

It’s ok. I wasn’t spiritual enough to get into BYU but was cursed with growing up a fan

DrKennethNoisewater

4/16/19 4:41pm

Same...

CoachSpeak

4/16/19 5:05pm

BYU doesn't already do that? They used to.

2FarGone

4/16/19 4:47pm

That's not what he's talking about

cambo

4/16/19 8:17pm

Not exactly how the U model works, but pretty close. 👍

Taullis

4/16/19 4:57pm

Just include the cost in tuition and then throw in the “perk” of game passes

Odysseus

4/16/19 5:20pm

I'd be interested to see how the yays would respond if it was some type of tax

Cougar8Duck

4/16/19 5:55pm

Nay, don't ask others to subsidize your hobby. Man up.

charles

4/16/19 6:21pm

Yay

RUNBYU1

4/16/19 6:25pm

Every student? Absolutely not. It’s not everyone’s thing.

Fifty Shades of Blue

4/16/19 6:28pm

Absolutely. Been saying this should be a thing for years.

CougaRR4L

4/16/19 10:20pm

So Much No

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 10:06am

Wow. I clearly touched a nerve here.

CougaRR4L

4/17/19 12:15pm

Lets just agree to disagree

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 12:18pm

These games give students a fun atmosphere to develop socially. I vote yes.

BlueBeliever

4/16/19 10:34pm

And they can get it if they choose to do so.

molodyets

4/17/19 12:05am

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AZbronco

4/17/19 6:20am

Disagree. You and your daughters fail to recognize that major sports are

Odysseus

4/17/19 8:23am

I believe that the case being made is not not sufficient to force payment for sp

AFewThoughts

4/17/19 8:37am

The tuition you pay already goes to support programs the student won't directly

Odysseus

4/17/19 9:17am

Most good schools don't have great major sports.

ochobeeguy

4/17/19 9:34am

BYU wasn't the elite academic school it is now until it had major sports

CaliWG

4/17/19 9:52am

That doesn't mean it was because of sports.

ochobeeguy

4/17/19 9:57am

The dress and grooming standards started in 1972 they brought success to sports

ochobeeguy

4/17/19 10:01am

Is life fun making statements you claim are truthful, but give no evidence?

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 10:09am

My father attended BYU in the late 60s & early 70s pre-LaVell

CaliWG

4/17/19 10:28am

Exactly. What would MIT, CIT, U of Chicago, Ivy League be w/o major sports?

Fifty Shades of Blue

4/17/19 5:16pm

The Ivy League does have major sports, D1 in fact....

CoachSpeak

4/17/19 6:03pm

Do you have any clue about UChicago, Princeton, Yale & Harvard’s history?

CaliWG

4/17/19 6:43pm

I know a bishop of a BYU ward that was asked by his Stake President to have all

dratax

4/17/19 11:27am

Did you walk to school, in the snow, uphill both ways, without shoes?

ReggaeCoug

4/17/19 11:59am

yes, yes, no, no

dratax

4/17/19 12:09pm

Wow, that’s interesting. Good on that bishop.

pilot17

4/17/19 5:23pm

BYU has one of the lowest tuition rates in the country. $150 wont hurt them.

Cosmo4life

4/17/19 10:23am

Have your daughters come mow my lawn next month and I'll pay for their passes

Cosmo4life

4/17/19 11:32am

Forgive me as I laugh at this statement

kapcreations

4/17/19 12:13pm

No they already have to many tickets that go unused and that will take

dodgersjazzcougs

4/17/19 8:04am

No. Absolutely, positively not.

Dissenter

4/17/19 8:30am

The Bernie Sanders approach to sports funding? No thanks!

Styro

4/17/19 8:32am

This feels an awful- lot like an Obamacare proposal

MaxxPower

4/17/19 9:14am

Bernie Sanders and AOC vote YES.

ochobeeguy

4/17/19 9:18am

Yes. Athletics directly effect academic perseption of a university.

Big Time 55

4/17/19 9:37am

You'd be laughed out of the room claiming the academic circles care about sports

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 10:10am

They don't, but enrolling students do.

Big Time 55

4/17/19 11:13am

No, no and no. Have you ever been to a conference within any of the major

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 12:39pm

Too many typos for someone who enjoys mocking other’s intelligence.

pilot17

4/17/19 4:41pm

Terrible idea.

PROBcoug

4/17/19 9:40am

I propose that every student pay an $100 extra for the Engineering department

Bee Chunder

4/17/19 11:26am

Why BYU should institute an Athletics "fee"

cantwearred

4/17/19 11:31am

You know, maybe we should ask students... guess what they'll say

Iki_Balam

4/17/19 12:20pm

BYU in general has pretty low student fees. I recall being shocked by the size

Colorado

4/17/19 2:45pm

I love BYU sports. But if students were forced to carry a greater burden of

Oatmeal

4/17/19 2:51pm

Ha! "I want more $ for sports so the poorest fans should pay more."

thecthdox

4/17/19 3:06pm

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