Why not earmark some Iron Bowl proceeds for education?
By Joe McAdory
Published: November 23, 2007
Got an Iron Bowl idea for Auburn and Alabama. Single ticket prices this year are $60. Sounds outrageous. But consider the ticket price to most NASCAR races are more than than and $60 for this game’s a pretty good deal. Fans don’t mind forking over $60. Heck, many will pay $150 to $200 per ticket via the Internet and scalpers.
In the future, why not add $10 to the face value—but earmark the extra $10 to the state’s education fund? Let’s see, the game’s in Tuscaloosa next year. That’s, what, about 92,000 seats? Multiply that by $10 and we get $920,000 extra money for education in this state. That may be a drop in the bucket, but I guarantee there are worthy school projects in Alabama desperately in need of such funds.
We value education, or at least we say we do. Why not use the state’s marquee sporting event, performed by the state’s largest educational institutions, to raise money for this cause?
Just an idea.
As for Saturday’s game. It’s hard to predict a winner. You’d think Alabama would be down and out after last week’s woeful defeat to La-Monroe. Weather folks say it’s going to be cold and might rain. Who does this help? People selling ponchos and jackets I guess.
Though I have no true confidence in any Iron Bowl prediction, my pick is Auburn 21, Alabama 15. A six-point spread. Auburn wins its sixth in a row over Alabama. The Tide drops to 6-6.
