As we all may know football season is finally here, but only a small percentage of us will get to experience Crimson Tide football. That’s right, only a handful of us will get to see the great Nick Saban coach that great team called Alabama. And, you might ask yourself, why-why, why don’t I get to see my team play? The answer to that question would be because the University of Alabama (U.A.) only throws out a set amount of tickets among the population of U.A. for us to fight for. And just by reading that sentence, it burns us to know that we spend our parents hard earned money on such a fine establishment that will not give us the enjoyment of Alabama football.
Many say that the reason we do not get tickets is because some people don’t care about football. Is this for real? That’s a lie, this is Alabama, baby! Some people say that we don’t get tickets is because the only thing we will do is sell them, that might have some truth in it. A few say that the reason for us not getting tickets is because, if U.A. gives us tickets they will lose money because everyone will not attend the game. That may be true also, but no matter the reason Alabama is our team… I mean come on. Why do we pay tuition? It’s not to fight over a few fucking football tickets.
Justin Jordan is a freshman at the University of Alabama studying engineering. His dad was laid off so he is putting himself through school with student loans. He’s from Columbus Georgia, so he is also paying out of state tuition. “I take out $17,500 a semester and I still have to pay for football tickets, and I only have an option to receive half the home games. Pardon my language but, it is bullshit”. Why is it that the football tickets are the only tickets we have to pay for? Why is it that all students don’t receive all home games? At other schools, such as the University of Tennessee all the home football game tickets are free. He added with, “I know there are a lot of people out there that are big crimson tide fans, but we are students, it is our team and we should have priority as students above all non-students”. I understand that the university is trying to make money, but next year Bryant Denny Stadium will have over 100,000 seats. There are 28,000 students, so if they issued free student tickets they still would have over 70,000 seats to sell. Which is about how many seats most NFL stadiums have, and that’s not counting all the sponsorship and television contract money.
Even the football players feel that it’s unfair that not all students get to experience Alabama football. One of Alabama’s key defensive players said that if the school gives us tickets it might actually help the team. He went on to say that the sound of the fans pumps them up, and pushes them to play harder. So why not give the students tickets? After all, it will make the team play better.
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