Poll: Should the cheerleader have won the golf cart?

[Harry]

Love our cheerleaders but should the raffle for the golf cart been open to any part of the AD?

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

Did she pay the money?  If so then yes!

[eulessismore]

I'm cool with it, because I don't have any place to keep the darn thing.  If the cheerleaders got more tangible benefits from their work for the AD, maybe I could see a problem.  Was the raffle very well publicized?  I haven't been keeping up, so just wonder.

[BTG_Fan1]

The funny thing is 

A- where is she going to park it? it wont fit into her Apartment or dorm room LOL... I'll be looking at the local Denton Pawn Shops and eBay in the coming week

[KingDL1]

If it is a raffle, I imagine she had an idea. Father, grandfather, mom who knows. I have a few different friends that have lake houses and use golf carts to run from the house to the docks and back. We used them on our airport in NY and several people have them at area airports. 

[drex]

It is my understanding that the cheerleaders are no longer funded by the athletic dept....they are now funded by student service fee money.  So, technically, they are not part of the athletic dept.

[Hunter Green]

10 hours ago, Harry said:

Love our cheerleaders but should the raffle for the golf cart been open to any part of the AD?

Any organization that sells raffle tickets, should be exempt from winning for the very reason were talking about it. The appearance of impropriety  I thought it very strange as well..

[Marty]

When and where did they sell tickets?  I would have like to have bought one.

[Stix]

I have mixed feelings about it.

"They" came riding through the red/blue lot asking for people to buy tickets for the raffle.  It was the first I head of it, and my general thought was "what would I do with it if I won it?.  I'm guessing the choice of prize was supposed to appeal to bigger donors, who might be more likely to be avid golfers.

[forevereagle]

On 11/20/2016 at 9:26 AM, Marty said:

When and where did they sell tickets?  I would have like to have bought one.

They were out at tailgating for every home game. They would have loved to sell you a ticket and calendar.

[MeanGreenMailbox aka TFLF]

Cheearleader, generally, are pretty, but not highly paid or reimbursed.  They are like student who volunteer their time to pep up the fans and whatnot.  They don't get the scholarships like athletes, do. 

So, to me, if student could enter, then it was fine to have the cheerleaders enter. 

And, these cheerleaders have spent many a Saturday cheering to empty seats.  So...look at it as kind of a reward for perseverance as well, if you will.

[the green rokemi]

Next year they'll raffle the same golf cart off and a cheerleader will win it again, raffle it off the following year, etc.

 

Hey if the plinko can be rigged, why not?

I kid, I kid

[greenjoe]

I haven't missed a NT game at APOGEE and the announcement of the winner was the first time I'd ever heard of a drawing.  A pretty cheerleader walking through the stands and into the Club Level could probably have sold lots and lots of tickets. 

Beat UTEP

GO MEAN GREEN