CURIOUS INDEX, 4/23/08
EDSBS —
... It’s a tiny sample size of six schools, but the stadium with the smallest allotment of seats for students in what appears to be a 15 minute survey of six of the SEC’s stadiums? LSU, who only reserves 13 percent of the stadium for students. In case you wonder which school is most upside down on the small student body/huge stadium ratio, the answer is as you suspected: Alabama. ...
Bama Students Rolled By Tide’s 16% Seat Reserve
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... ) reports that only 16% of the stadium’s seats are allotted to the Tuscaloosa enrollment, the 3rd smallest allotment in the football-fanatical SEC. But school officials argue that while a small percentage is set aside, UA students are given more opportunities to buy seats: Out of the approximately 23,000 students at the Capstone, 65 percent have the ability to buy tickets. The next-highest percentage is the University of Tennessee, which gives 56 percent of its students a chance to purchase tickets. But the CW (the school paper, not the TV network) cautions that the future ...
