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    What are your thoughts on student fees to support athletics? As I understand, we are near the bottom, or THE bottom of the MVFC as far as using student fees to pay for athletics.

    I'm typically not a huge advocate of passing major expenses on to the students via student fees (like JMU), but would it be inappropriate to be in the MEDIAN for student fees in the MVFC? How big of a difference would it make?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MankatoBison View Post
    What are your thoughts on student fees to support athletics? As I understand, we are near the bottom, or THE bottom of the MVFC as far as using student fees to pay for athletics.

    I'm typically not a huge advocate of passing major expenses on to the students via student fees (like JMU), but would it be inappropriate to be in the MEDIAN for student fees in the MVFC? How big of a difference would it make?
    We're one the lowest student fees in the FCS, and we should keep it that way.

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    Keep the fees low. Charge for football tickets and if the demand ever grows strong enough for other sports.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IBleedYellow View Post
    We're one the lowest student fees in the FCS, and we should keep it that way.
    any reason whyyy you believe that? Are student fees inherently evil?
    1. The FCS was the Best option for NDSU for a very long time.
    2. As a general rule- the FCS sucks at football and has proven that is not committed to football at all.
    3. It's time to go FBS

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    Let the students decide their fees.
    Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
    Scrooge-"Are there no prisons?". "Plenty of prisons..."
    Scrooge-"And the Union workhouses." . "Are they still in operation?". "Both very busy, sir..."
    "Those who are badly off must go there."
    "Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
    Scrooge- "If they would rather die," "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

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    At NDSU, the students are the ones who set activity fees, and I don't think NDSU should break that trust.

    2.5 years ago, Matt Larsen asked the students to raise the athletics part of the fee by $1.67 per credit, and they said no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MankatoBison View Post
    any reason whyyy you believe that? Are student fees inherently evil?
    Because if we are being honest here; a vast majority of students do not attend games or really care much about NDSU athletics. Who would want to pay for something they don't use?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrSnuffleupagus View Post
    Because if we are being honest here; a vast majority of students do not attend games or really care much about NDSU athletics. Who would want to pay for something they don't use?
    That's part of life...prepares them for taxes!

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    It needs to be saved something huge, like moving up a division. Otherwise we are in good enough shape financially
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    The students pay for a lot if things, as the improvements to the Memorial Union and
    everything to do with the Wellness Center.

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