The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 06, 1978, Page Page 14, Image 14
Student tic
should be for
By Brett Friedlai
Assistant Sports Edi1
The recent mishandling of the Clei
distribution by Student Government, SG,
These issues revolve around statements j
Committee Chairman Joe Tiller. They r
control of the distribution process to who i
The first question is, who should be resj
the line that inevitably forms days in adva
responsibility, but as witnessed this past w<
On Sunday, when the first campers ar
phoned Tiller to tell him they were starting
there to supervise but rather, told them "
surd."
When no SG member arrived to assi
themselves started signing in all other an
and athletic committee member Paul S
coliseum on Tuesday, they demanded the i
to the methods prescribed by SG.
To do this though, the order of people in
confused and chaos would have occurred
Furthermore, the conduct of the SG
bothered to show up to control a group
becoming.
Another issue concerns the number of tic
Of 15,000 tickets sent to USC by Clemsoi
Gamecock Club, while only 3,500 were left f<
No matter how much money the Gam
athletic department every year, they shoul
After all, the university is not made up o
students ? SO is thp fnnthnll t??nrr? ?
TTi.jr ?
poorly when it comes to the amount of tickc
Because of money.
< As idealistic as it seems, The Gamecocl
[ should be equal in the eyes of the athleti*
students of today are the Gamecock Club n
viewed as equals, both groups need to be
i tickets.
No matter how you look at it, the studen
past Wednesday. Even the 3,500 "student tii
"average" student.
According to Assistant Athletic Director
Moore, 1,433 of the tickets are given to groi
and the band. That leaves 2,077 tickets to b<
most of the 1,433 tickets are given to deservi
and the band), some are given to not-so-desi
\ One of these not-so-deserving groups is
They say they deserve them because of i
what right do they have to take 106 tickets
all, members of SG are not members of an
thave to camp out for their Clemson tickets 1
r ?
G?lly Guf
t
kets 1 Ba
students
{ I am
lder necessarj
tor we can cj
nson football game ticket h..iic,hu ??
Pk/iUlOlil Wy
raises several issues. page f0U1
and actions of the SG Athletic ticle Tick
ange from responsibility of
should get how many tickets.
jonsible for keeping order of i ,
ince. Theoretically, it is SG's vytt/
eek, it is abusing the job.
rived at the coliseum, they i
; the line. Tiller did not go out |
to camp out this early is abst
them, the four campers
rivals. However, when Tiller To the Edi
itreeter finally reached the
system be altered to conform As cone?
requiremei
the line would have become ?His ?Yer?
of 51.2-46.5
representatives (only two year, and C
of 1,100 students) was un- We are r
potential ii
:kets alloted for student use. }ack jn
n, 11,400 were given to the including t
;>r "student use."
lecock Club donates to the As far as
Id not get that many tickets. onnpprned
f? ?i ? f V*V/llV/d i
alumni, it is comnrispH nf
ire students being treated so Pa
;ts they are allowed to have? ???ar
t Club and the student body Carlen s
2 department. After all, the Carlen h
lembers of tomorrow. To be titude. Oui
alloted the same number of right along
t body was "ripped off" this "Carlen's
ckets" weren't all sold to the campus hi
Carolina n<
and Business Manager John are about a
ips such as the football team
e sold at the coliseum. While Thus, thi
mg groups (the football team tolerate a c
ervingones. a "big tim
SG itself. !
a "historical privilege," but
for their own use? After Names wU
elite, are they? They should
ike the rest of us. k
COLUMBIA
?
md works, di
ditor:
of the biggest orgf
replying to your un- campus which st
r quote, "The only thing ball team.
lo with out is that band
in Friday's Gamecock, What would a
r continuation of the ar- Carolina hand wi
ets. I feel the band is one supporting the I
rlen can't proi
big time winn
tor:
rned USC students, we feel that Jim Carlen is i
its of head football coach and athletic dire<
ill record to present at Carolina stands at 22-2
-2.3 percent. This is his junior and senior cr
larlen has yet to produce a good, quality footbi
lot to condemn the players, because they hj
i many games throughout Carlen's visit at
<1 coaching has lost many key games in the
wo embarrasing Clemson losses.
any major construction towards athletic fac
Carlen has done practically nothing. Grante
t Carolina, but all thanks go to Frank Mc<
irolina Coliseum is referred to as "the hous<
olina Stadium is "the house that Dietzel built
juse?
as come to Carolina and developed a "pow
- tradition of night home football games ha
with ourGamecock mascot that performed or
desire for total power as athletic director o
id resulted in a plan to ship Frank McGi
> "head nobody," and his relations with Presi<
is weak as his relations with McGuire.
q is tn ir?fr?i*m thnoo 4-u ? a ? ?
%w muva uivov iicu uidi u major
combination athletic director-football coach a
e winner."
;hheld by request
?serves t
inizations on this backing
ipports the foot- cheerleadei
game be, if the I bet very
ould not be there w^at an el
:eam as well as band mem
year during
i 1 _
I nana is JU
fl'11C*football tea
J We work
demand as
' that the f
deserve all i
not compla
band is not g
that individ
not meeting the deprive us c
;tor. like tickets
10-1, an average
op playing this
ill team. _ .
Carolina an
ave shown high more for tl
USC. However eame CHi
past V/z years, Carolina's
football gan
on the fielc
ilities at USC is who's the b
d, we have nice
juire and Paul In viewing
e that McGuire all Carolina
t," but where is solution wo
student a
receiving tY
er hungry" at- at the begin
s been flushed,
\ the field. was a]
n the Columbia tendon that
uire to Coastal scholarship
ient Holderman football ath
Why kncx
college cannot tickets whe
nd expect to be cut? Why c
their share
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those, if signer
signed, of the >
V
ickets
up the Carolina
rs?
few people really know
[fort and sacrifice the
bers go through each
[ football. The marching
st as important as a
im.
just as hard but don't
much. I am not saying
ootball team doesn't
that they get, and I am
ining about what the
jetting. But, I don't feel
luals have the right to
>f what little we have ?
to a game.
al game between
d Clemson entails a lot
le band than just the
emson's band and
band have their own
le as well as appearing
I at halftime to prove
etter of the two bands.
I the ticket situation for
games, I feel the best
uld be to issue every
book of tickets upon
leir treasurer's receiDt
ning of the school year.
Iso brought to my at196
tickets are given to
, male and female nonletes.
ck out the band's 350
n other areas could be
leprive the study body
of tickets also?
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