2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the editor
Avery W. Krouse
Issue date: 9/21/06 Section: Editorial
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Dear editor:
So, I'm certain we've all read or heard about the new athletic fee increase. As of this semester, my wallet was lightened by $120 and will be again next semester.
Does this make me an athlete? Hmm. Not sure how I feel about this. After all, I never wanted to be an athlete. But now that I'm paying, I guess I have no choice.
You see, the $240 that I'm going to be paying to be an athlete, I could have probably used to pay for my exorbitant textbooks, or maybe pay for gas for a month or two. Perhaps I could have even applied that to my rent, car insurance, cell phone bill, electric bill, life insurance payment or any of the other multitude of things my wallet endures each month.
But nope, I'm an athlete now (or at least my school bill says so). It's too bad we can't, say, develop an athletics program that pays for itself instead of passing off that expense to students like me, the ones that never wanted to be athletes.
Oh well, no matter. I'm paying, I'm playing. By the way, what's a yellow flag mean?
Avery W. Krouse
Junior
Lenoir City, Tenn.
So, I'm certain we've all read or heard about the new athletic fee increase. As of this semester, my wallet was lightened by $120 and will be again next semester.
Does this make me an athlete? Hmm. Not sure how I feel about this. After all, I never wanted to be an athlete. But now that I'm paying, I guess I have no choice.
You see, the $240 that I'm going to be paying to be an athlete, I could have probably used to pay for my exorbitant textbooks, or maybe pay for gas for a month or two. Perhaps I could have even applied that to my rent, car insurance, cell phone bill, electric bill, life insurance payment or any of the other multitude of things my wallet endures each month.
But nope, I'm an athlete now (or at least my school bill says so). It's too bad we can't, say, develop an athletics program that pays for itself instead of passing off that expense to students like me, the ones that never wanted to be athletes.
Oh well, no matter. I'm paying, I'm playing. By the way, what's a yellow flag mean?
Avery W. Krouse
Junior
Lenoir City, Tenn.
