USC Upstate has a $475 PER SEMESTER fee for athletics hidden in tuition. According to NCAA reports listed on USA Today, the student fee for athletics has gone from $1,043,057 in 2004-2005 to $4,137,131 in 2008-2009. Spending on athletics at Upstate has risen from $2 million in 2005, to $6.6 million in 2009.
The fee at Clemson is $100 a year, while at USC Upstate it is $950 a year. Students that take 5 years to graduate will pay almost $5,000 for sports above what is paid for education.
Sign this petition if you agree this fee is too high, and if you want to do something about it.
We demand that USC Upstate drop the student fee for athletics from $475 per semester to $100 per semester!!!
We the undersigned request that students fees for athletics be reduced from $475 per semester to $100 per semester.
According to the recent story by WSPA TV, and from NCAA reports and USA Today, the student athletic fee at USC Upstate is among the highest in the nation.
Clemson students pay $100 a year. USC Upstate students pay $950 a year.
We ask the the student athletic fee at USC Upstate be reduced to a maximum of $200 a year.
