Give Sampson’s bonus back to ticket holders

Students have been complaining since last season about the cost of student tickets, when the price per game increased from $11 to $15. This year, the rate was the same, but many had to dig deep to pay for the $248 season package. My idea is simple: Take the money forfeited by Sampson and give it back to the student season ticket holders. Most of the alumni paying to watch the games can afford to shell out big bucks for their seats. Most students, though they do it, cannot (or should not).\nYou might think that splitting the money up between so many people wouldn’t make that much of a difference, but it would. If the $500,000 was divided between the roughly 9,200 students who purchased season tickets, each would receive roughly $54.35. After factoring out the $15 service fee for tickets, that means that each of the 14 games they receive tickets to would cost them only $12.76, a somewhat significant decrease from the $15 rate now.