Quote Originally Posted by Bison 4 Life View Post
That is my larger point. It does seem high. It's 30% of the total student body and 21% of the seats. My point is that everybody seems to overvalue the activity fee in the support of the football program.
Activity fees represent a fraction of what students contribute monetarily to the athletic department. There is direct institutional support to the athletic department and that comes out of NDSU's funding which is largely supported by tuition checks.

http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/i...e%20Athletics/

$6.2 million of the athletic department funds comes out of the NDSU budget which is largely supported by student tuition and fee payments. Another $1.1 million comes from student activity fees. I don't see how you can completely ignore the tuition dollars sent to the athletic department.

Maybe NDSU should be the first school in North Dakota to have the university's share of the athletic department supported completely by student activity fees. Tuition would go down by $500 and activity fees would increase by $500. It certainly would be better from an accounting standpoint.

Get back to me when Team Makers contributes $7.2 million per year to the athletic department.