The most fervent argument from the group concerns capital for the team and how the University plans to raise the funds, stating that $150 for a team is unfair to the students who do not want football, and 2,000 signatures does not represent the 14,000 students on campus."You're siphoning money away from everybody to pay for a few people to run around and play ball," said Jeffrey Harris, a USA student who opposes the NCAA petition. "It won't pay for itself, so you're paying for this useless toy out of the pockets of people that are here for academia in perpetuity."
Many of the students at USA are footing the bill for their academic education out of their own pockets. It's unfair that they will be forced into financially supporting a useless toy.
Peterson stated the $150 could be an entire paycheck for an employee who works around 20 hours a week. He also argues that it could draw money away from academics, despite the effort to raise funds prior to implementing and recruiting the team.
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Can't they get the alumni to foot the bill through donations? That's the way the athletic department is funded at my alma mater.
I am not sure why the alumni isn't footing the bill. I suspect the alumni may not have the resources to foot the entire bill.
I know for my son a $150 increase in tuition will really hurt. That is one entire paycheck for working two weekends. Which is all he can manage during the school year. He is paying the tuition himself from money he has saved by working since he was 16. I also know that his department could use some extra money. It seems a shame that instead of putting money into academics they want to waste it on a football team. It's not like there aren't plenty of colleges with football teams around.
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