Place your bets

[greenjoe]

Place your bets.  The student voting ends today.  Up or down, does the new student fee structure pass or fail ?  All I need is a "YES" or "NO."

Put me down for YES.

[MGNation92]

If nUTSAck is any benchmark for this sort of thing, overwhelmingly NO

[Sig381]

no

 

[GrayEagle]

This one could be scary but I would also vote yes.  I base that on the fact that I believe that Wren Baker has established himself as more trustworthy than his predecessor and has communicated the need much better.  If we can't pull our weight in CUSA then we certainly can't be considered for the AAC, MWC, or a P5 (maybe ever).

The cost to attend UNT is/will still be less expensive than UT, Texas A&M, UTEP, UTSA, UTD, and Houston.  Only Texas State and UT-Arlington will be a little cheaper and both are in the Sun Belt where the cost is a little cheaper.  I view the University of Houston as our watermark that we must stay below and this increase would still keep us fairly well below that cost.

 

 

[MeanGreen_MBA]

yes

 

[AustinFromUNT]

I REALLY want it to pass, but I also REALLY think it won’t. I’m thinking it fails 63-37

[EagleMBA]

No.  :(

[Withers940]

I didnt think the Student Body would pass the Apogee thing either when I was in school but it did. I think it will pass because the Athletic department has done a damn good job of explaining to the student body that this effects all realms of UNT other than just Athletics. I do have my doubts but I feel positive. This university needs another kick start  to further push this place in the right direction.

[untjim1995]

I just don’t see how this passes, but I’d love to see it pass, just to catch us up to what we should have been at to begin with when Apogee was built.

[TIgreen01]

No.

Admittedly, that's a bit of an involuntary reaction to protect my balls.

[GTWT]

If the AD did his work, then yes.  If the AD screwed around, then no.

[UNT18Grad]

Nope, I give it a very, very slim chance of passing.

[UNTexas]

Sadly, no. I wish it were yes but my gut says no.

[DeepGreen]

Yes.

But then again I have been known to lose in Vegas betting against the house.

Edited February 15, 2018 by DeepGreen

[Green Crazy]

with the way our students show up to or even care about sporting events...NO.

Edited February 15, 2018 by Green Crazy

[Ben Gooding]

2 minutes ago, Green Crazy said:

with the way our students show up to or even care about sporting events...NO.

If it passes, the reason why is in your first 7 words. 

[Withers940]

It's my understanding that the Band gets a portion of this correct? If this is my understanding, then I feel that the music program has to be backing this at least a little.

 

You also, have to look at it this way, What percentage of the Student Body will actually vote?

[drex]

I think it will be referred to committee and not be acted upon until 2020.

[THOR]

11 minutes ago, Withers940 said:

It's my understanding that the Band gets a portion of this correct? If this is my understanding, then I feel that the music program has to be backing this at least a little.

 

You also, have to look at it this way, What percentage of the Student Body will actually vote?

since they can vote from their phone, i bet a ton will vote...they aren't inconvenienced by having to go anywhere to vote and stand in line

[Withers940]

13 minutes ago, THOR said:

since they can vote from their phone, i bet a ton will vote...they aren't inconvenienced by having to go anywhere to vote and stand in line

Yes, but how many of these kids forget about projects and exams? All I am saying is that I am interested to see how many turn out

[greenjoe]

Ahemmm....Please Vote “YES” or “NO.”  My computer counting device or CCD doesn’t know how to tabulate “maybe” and “if they turn out.”

 

 

[UNTLifer]

2 hours ago, MGNation92 said:

If nUTSAck is any benchmark for this sort of thing, overwhelmingly NO

Why are they our benchmark?

[GrandGreen]

No, but hope I will be surprised.   I think an election like this is destined to fail almost unanimously among FB programs.  

There is no big hook to this election like a move up in competition or a new stadium.   This election has been delayed and is definitely on the radar of most students.   

Apparently, in most states these types of fees can just be mandated.  So although there are a lot of schools with significant higher athletic fees they were not voted in by the students. 

[kj86]

Yes

[MGNation92]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Why are they our benchmark?

Similar situation, G5 school looking to continue improving with an extremely apathetic student fanbase that is more concerned with rising tuition costs and how they're gonna be able to pay off their $100k+ debt when they graduate.