UNT enrollment up to almost 47k!

[meangreen11]

 

[Big Z]

We should be having sell outs at the games!

[Jonnyeagle]

1 minute ago, Big Z said:

We should be having sell outs at the games!

For sure.

[RBP79]

1 minute ago, Big Z said:

We should be having sell outs at the games!

WIN and they will come. Unfortunately that seems to not be happening this year but we'll see I suppose.

[untjim1995]

Keep those athletic fees coming 

[NT80]

28 minutes ago, Big Z said:

We should be having sell outs at the games!

Maybe we should add a box on the Applications:  [ ] Would you attend campus sporting events?

[Matt from A700]

Kinda serious ethics/rules question: when our scouts are going to HS football/basketball games, can we send a separate person to scout the stands for students who are really into the game and give them a UNT admissions pamphlet?

[El Paso Eagle]

1 hour ago, untjim1995 said:

Keep those athletic fees coming 

This is what the AD is saying

[untjim1995]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

Maybe we should add a box on the Applications:  [ ] Would you attend campus sporting events?

We already get their money. If they want to show up for what they pay for, ok. But if not, that’s ok, too.

[meangreenbob]

How much does the Athletic Department gross yearly from the student athletic fees?

Does anyone have any idea?

49,000 isn’t chump change. 

[97and03]

30 minutes ago, meangreenbob said:

How much does the Athletic Department gross yearly from the student athletic fees?

Does anyone have any idea?

49,000 isn’t chump change. 

Almost the entire AD budget

[rcade]

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Kinda serious ethics/rules question: when our scouts are going to HS football/basketball games, can we send a separate person to scout the stands for students who are really into the game and give them a UNT admissions pamphlet?

I like your thinking. Work the stands and then hang out near the restrooms offering the bad kids free smokes if they apply to UNT.

[Rudy]

Surely ONE of those 47,000 can coach defense. 

[Matt from A700]

1 minute ago, rcade said:

I like your thinking. Work the stands and then hang out near the restrooms offering the bad kids free smokes if they apply to UNT.

Another day, another time thinking how the AD doesn't hire us??

[Meangreen Fight]

31 minutes ago, rcade said:

I like your thinking. Work the stands and then hang out near the restrooms offering the bad kids free smokes if they apply to UNT.

"That’s not creepy at all."  - Mr Bubble

 

[Monkeypox]

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Kinda serious ethics/rules question: when our scouts are going to HS football/basketball games, can we send a separate person to scout the stands for students who are really into the game and give them a UNT admissions pamphlet?

Well, I'm not sure how relevant that data set will be unless we want our scouts going to high school programs that have been losing most of their games over the last 30 years.

[Hunter Green]

4 hours ago, Big Z said:

We should be having sell outs at the games!

Except a lot of our students have to work their way through school and can't attend. No free lunch at UNT.

[Mike Jackson]

14 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

Except a lot of our students have to work their way through school and can't attend. No free lunch at UNT.

 

23 minutes ago, Monkeypox said:

Well, I'm not sure how relevant that data set will be unless we want our scouts going to high school programs that have been losing most of their games over the last 30 years.

@Hunter Green Monkeypox is right. If the games were fun events our game attendance wouldn't spike so much for homecoming.  They are only worth student's limited free if there is a good on the field product.  Hell the 40 minute drive to the stadium for me feels like a sacrifice when we play FCS and it's not homecoming. 

Edited September 15, 2023 by Mike Jackson

[DentonLurker]

2 hours ago, meangreenbob said:

How much does the Athletic Department gross yearly from the student athletic fees?

Student fees were $13.2M in 2022.

[Ross Hodgeson]

Holy smokes.  Where does that put us in Texas now, #3 behind Texas and Aggy?

[Cooke County Kid]

I believe the University of Houston is slightly larger, they are three and we are number 4.

[Green Otaku]

Really good numbers on graduate students. That's where all of the research and grant dollars are, so a very important metric in raising your school's academic profile. 

[Salsa_Verde]

16 hours ago, Big Z said:

We should be having sell outs at the games!

Students don’t sell out stadiums at any school. The alumni and casual fans do. 

[BFraz]

19 hours ago, Big Z said:

We should be having sell outs at the games!

Administration really needs to understand “profile” of UNT student in relation to athletic spectatorship.  

[Mike Jackson]

7 hours ago, Salsa_Verde said:

Students don’t sell out stadiums at any school. The alumni and casual fans do. 

All the student ticket allotments are “sold out” at many schools.  That being said with 47k students an allotment of a modest 8k should be sold out for almost any FBS opponent if we are playing well.  Don’t forget I believe students can purchase guest tickets for their section for like $25.   That 8k should have the student side of the stadium +80%  full.  Our stadium rarely looks like that.  I think that is what @Big Z really meant. 
 

Would the eye roller on my previous comment like to identify themselves?  I guess your free time isn’t valuable?  Are you retired or wealth and don’t have to work.  Paying money for tickets and transportation costs going to watch the team that represents your alma mater stink up the joint a ton of fun to you and no sacrifice?  Just wondering.
 

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by Mike Jackson