Not A Simple Fee

[UNTflyer]

When the University of North Texas sought a multi-million-dollar infusion to help bolster the future of its athletic program, instead of turning to rich oilmen or well-heeled cattle barons, UNT first approached its students.

The willingness of the 36,000-member student body to accept a $10 per credit hour athletic fee will add nearly $8 million annually to the potential Western Athletic Conference member's coffers beginning in 2011, enough to get construction of the Mean Green's new 30,000-seat on-campus stadium under way.

Increasingly, major college athletic programs have gone to their students, a movement the University of Hawaii-Manoa is a late arrival to as it contemplates becoming the last school in the nine-member WAC to implement such a fee.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20100711_not_a_simple_fee.html

[NT80]

But at UNT student body president Kevin Sanders said, "The fee here ... was a hot topic for a good amount of time, but once the students attained the proper information regarding the fee, it was accepted."

Sanders said, "We believe the fee will, indeed pay dividends not only for our athletics department but also for the university as a whole."

Good PR for UNT and it's students for supporting the needed fee.

[Stan R]

Interesting read. Great find Flyer!