SGA survey goes live
Published on November 6, 2007 by The Sentinel
KSU’s Student Government Association held “football day” on the
campus green last Tuesday in order to promote their football survey.
SGA President Tracey Carter estimates that more than
1,000 people came by to partake in the football day activities,
including a 40-yard dash, passing game, field goal kick, obstacle
course, iPod raffle, and free food and T-shirts.
All of the day’s activities were geared to encourage
students to answer the online survey “to let us know how they feel
about football,” said Carter.
The survey started on Nov. 1 and will close at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9.
The survey entailed two questions for KSU students
to respond to: first, “Do you support bringing football to KSU?”
and secondly, “If so, how much of an increase in your athletic fees
would you be willing to pay in order to bring football to KSU - $0,
$35, $70, or $105?”
SGA is hopeful that students will support a football
program. “We really need at least a $70
increase in athletic fees to be able to do it right,” said Carter.
According to Athletic Director, Dr. Dave Waples, a
$70 increase would likely allow scholarship football, while $105 might
provide the impetus into Division I-A football at some future
time.
The survey can be accessed at KSUOwls.com, or
through a link sent to students’ e-mail accounts. All students
are encouraged to vote.
“We want to hear from everybody. If you have an opinion, we want to hear it,” added Carter.
Waples agrees saying, “football would add a special
energy to our campus that would be unlike any other. It would also
create more enthusiasm for all of our other sports. I’m hoping that
students will answer their survey monkey e-mail and vote for football.”
According to Carter, once the votes are tallied, if
the students vote in favor of football, the next step would be to begin
raising private money. In a previous interview, Waples said that the
school would need to raise $15 to $30 million in private money in order
to build a stadium.
SGA will announce the results of the survey in next week’s issue of The Sentinel.
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