The study projected that student fees, which would increase $300, would account for 66 percent of the estimated $9.45 million in revenue needed for football.
Fees would increase by $120 in 2009, a 27 percent jump. Then would come $60 increases each subsequent year until 2012, when the school would begin playing in the NCAAās Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA.
No problem with this, itās just merely stating the facts. In fact, Observer gets a couple quotes from students to weigh in (thank you).
"I wouldn't have a problem with it at all," Matt Brown, a graduate student from Indiana, said Thursday. "I've already experienced college with a football program (undergraduate school at Indiana) and there's nothing like it. It would definitely be worth it."
Said freshman Tim Altman from New Jersey: "There are tuition increases every year. In comparison, I donāt think the athletic fee increase is all that big and I donāt see it as a problem."
and a crack from CHP!
Dubois said UNCC students pay higher fees than most UNC system schools because of a gap in state funding.
Last part of the article focused on revenue from game guarantees, worrying we may have overstated the amount we should expect.
Game guarantees typically range from $300,000 to $750,000, with the larger payments often going to more competitive Division I-A teams so that contracts won't require a return visit.
The UNCC study estimated that 17 percent of annual football revenue ā about $1.5 million a year ā would come from game guarantees. In 2004-05, only five NCAA teams ā including East Carolina and Louisiana Tech ā earned $1.5 million in game guarantees, according to an Indianapolis Star database of 164 Division I schools.
The Citadel, which earned $555,000 in game guarantees, was the only I-AA team to make more than $500,000. Charlotte would compete in I-AA for at least four years, according to the UNCC study.
Even with the athletic fees our tuition still wouldnāt be the most expensive in the UNC system. I say we raise tuition another $50 and put that revenue towards a ālandscaping feeā. Lord knows we could put that to work.
I excluded any mention of facilities from the article for a couple reasons.
-too soon
-by the time weāre in FBS I think BofA stadium will be Field Turf, and the Richardsons more amenable to us using the facility without fear of tearing up the sod the day before a game (but still at a price of course)
-facilities are much more likely to get one-time whale donations because people like hanging their names on things, possibly reducing the bill by at least $15 million
Not a bad article. I like that Dubois seems to be riding this funding deficiency some. He needs to. It was a point that needed to be made in that article considering itās subject.
[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;300472]Mike P points out that alumni should be ashamed if they donāt increase their donation by at least the $300 students will be forced to pay.[/QUOTE]
clt mocks your sentence structureā¦where did you go to college?
[QUOTE=Mr. Bojangles;300475]They should. Like Chuck Howard says, this should be one of the biggest stories in Charlotte.[/QUOTE] One of biggest ever. Other notable stories. Niners run to Final Four. Charlotte gets NBA team. Charlotte gets NFL Team. Panthers make Super Bowl. Charlotte lands one of top PGA Events.
[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;300472]Mike P points out that alumni should be ashamed if they donāt increase their donation by at least the $500 students will be forced to pay.[/QUOTE]
fixed.
alums should be able to exceed the student increase.
although the bigger question is how many alums would become 1st time contributors?
[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;300472]Mike P points out that alumni should be ashamed if they donāt increase their donation by at least the $300 students will be forced to pay.[/QUOTE]
I agree. Every 49er Club member should increase their donations to at least match the annual student fee increase.
Even with the athletic fees our tuition still wouldn't be the most expensive in the UNC system. I say we raise tuition another $50 and put that revenue towards a "landscaping fee". Lord knows we could put that to work.
To me this is one place the article was lacking. If you notice the chart shows that even WITH a $300 increase, the ātotal feesā would still be less than ASUās ātotal feesā. I guess my point is the article and headlines stress that it would be the highest āathletic feesā in the system, yet fails to really point out that overall student fees (to me thats the bottomline) would still NOT be the highest.
Mike P points out that alumni should be ashamed if they don't increase their donation by at least the $300 students will be forced to pay.
If you don't want to answer this, no biggie... but, how much do you typically donate to Chapel Hill (since it's your alma mater)? I'm not trying to insinuate anything with this, just curious.
[QUOTE=eason49;300488]If you donāt want to answer this, no biggieā¦ but, how much do you typically donate to Chapel Hill (since itās your alma mater)? Iām not trying to insinuate anything with this, just curious.[/QUOTE]
Our overall tuition is still cheaper than Carolina or State.
And we donāt have the $$$ that the Ram Club or Wolfpack Club have to lower athletic fees.
[QUOTE=eason49;300488]If you donāt want to answer this, no biggieā¦ but, how much do you typically donate to Chapel Hill (since itās your alma mater)? Iām not trying to insinuate anything with this, just curious.[/QUOTE]
I am not a member of the Rams Club. I donāt think that would be appropriate in my job.