re: Alabama students could be penalized for not staying until the end of football games

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But UA has threatened to reduce access to regular students, which I am against.

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I would be opposed to making the student section smaller. There are already way more students than tickets.

However, I am all for finding creative ways to get the 16K kids out of 39K who want to be there access to be there. If you want to not show up or leave at halftime of a close game, you should have lower access priority than a fellow student who wants to be there the whole game. I have zero problem with that.

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But UA has threatened to reduce access to regular students, which I am against.

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Yeah, it's a blanket policy that will inadvertently hit the "loyal" kids visiting mom and dad back home during a cupcake week. They'll lose points and subsequently position. Same with the kid who is sick, hungover,emergency, work/job etc.

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For instance, it created a penalty system where points are docked from a student’s Action card if he or she chooses not to use a ticket, which could hinder the ability to purchase postseason tickets.

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Students can also lose points if they have a ticket to a football game and don’t use it.

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