GMU: Where Construction is Tradition
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40,000 students, wow. And to tack on just $25 to all of these individuals tuition for athletics support or "insert miscellaneous fee charge here" and we have a million dollars to play with for athletics.... with majority of going to basketball. Can do a lot just with these fees for resources, upgrades, etc.
How much is the fee for free basketball tix?
Free basketball tix!!?? Back in my day, we didn't even need no stinkin' tix!!
Now get off my lawn, I'm yelling at those stupid clouds!
Not necessarily true. VA limits the percentage of a school's athletics budget can come from student fees. Now, I don't have the latest numbers of Mason's budget so it's possible Mason could increase the student fee, but it isn't some option that comes without limits.
^This passed btw. The article from after it was signed was paywalled though.
If I am correct - this data shows that each GMU student paid $531 to the Athletic Department for "free" entrance into any GMU Athletic event, for the year represented in the data?
I guess that is a way to look at it. I would assume Mason isn't hitting whatever 70% of its athletics budget is in student fees. Theoretically a large donation would instantly up how much Mason could jack up student fees.
We are at 67.7% as of 2022 numbers.
And 2022 was already a record year for contributions ($3.1 million). So if you wanted to increase student fees you’d have to see some sustained revenue growth somewhere (an extra 1,000 paying fans per game would be nice — $25,000 per game x 16/17 games is a nice chunk of change).
Being a more regular entrant into the NCAA tournament would also be nice. The A10 has unequal share of NCAA revenue, so in the years we got in we’d see a larger percentage of the pot.
Edit: oh, and having an endowment to cover all 26 basketball scholarships (men and women) would be huge. I know we have some endowed scholarships, but I’m pretty sure those are mostly for nonrevenue sports recipients aren’t they? Having a dedicated endowment for basketball scholarships would free up a lot of money to pay for other things.
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I keep trying to post pics of the campus but my files are always too big. Stopped by the bookstore today to stock up for the coming season. Old farts may be interested that the old apartments are now but a memory. An open park is all that's left. Sigh, so many good times there.
True - but you had to clean out the oil lamps before leaving after the game back then.
And getting on the ladder to retrieve the ball from the peach basket after every make really impeded the innovation of the up tempo game.True - but you had to clean out the oil lamps before leaving after the game back then.
Did you try posting them on a web service and then linking the photo - that is what I had to do before.
Lived in the apts sophomore year in 2010, loved it. Rules weren’t enforced nearly as much as other dorms on campus, we got away with throwing some pretty big indoor/outdoor parties.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. One very bad night with tequila, Jose Cuervo I believe, still has my stomach churn at the thought of a shot.
Me either. It was all woods when I was there.I have no recollection of any of that, which means you’re probably right.
And they just did a stream restoration back there as well. Looks nice.
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