The University of Michigan has lowered prices for its student season football tickets, from $295 last season to $175 for next season. And if you receive a federal Pell Grant, you’ll pay even less as the school is prepared to offer discounts to students receiving need-based financial aid.
It’s believed to be the first such discount policy in the country. According to the Michigan Daily, students who receive federal Pell Grants can purchase football, men’s basketball and hockey season tickets for $100, $120 and $90, respectively, down from the full price of $175, $200 and $150 offered to the rest of the student body.
Pell Grants are given only to students from low-income families.
The Michigan Daily has more about the program:
The idea for need-based pricing for tickets came from Central Student Government President Bobby Dishell. When Dishell worked with the Athletic Department earlier in the school year to come up with a plan for lowering football ticket prices, he spoke with members of the Athletic Department about the possibility of special need-based pricing.
According to Dishell, the Athletic Department representatives he spoke with about need-based pricing initially thought that the plan would be difficult to implement. But eventually, in conjunction with the Office of Financial Aid, a plan was worked out.
Dishell believes the availability of need-based pricing is the first of its kind in collegiate athletics.
“Michigan athletics, it’s something you see so many people rally around,” Dishell said over the phone Sunday night. “So many people you meet talk about their experience with Michigan athletics, and the prices were very high, extremely high. I kind of realized, why shouldn’t your aid package expand? Why should it not carry over to another University unit?”
After spending the first 17 years of his Post career writing and editing, Matt and the printed paper had an amicable divorce in 2014. He's now blogging and editing for the Early Lead and the Post's other Web-based products.
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