Iowa gives away free tuition to 5 random student season ticket holders

[LawVHawk]

JFC, that's just embarrassing. The initial idea was lame enough. But then no one thought to check whether something like this might not be legal? Sally Mason needs to make some heads roll in the Athletics Department. I'm not sure it shouldn't start with Barta's.

 

[hawkfan1319]

Well god damn this sucks. I buy tickets anyways but was a bit excited. Ultimate fail on the Athletic department not double checking the one thing they had to.

 

[hawkfan2679]

Cynically speaking, any chance the "promotion" was a ploy to sell those remaining tickets? Maybe the response was such that they hit their target number and all of the sudden the "promotion" is put on hold while the legality is questioned/researched...?

I haven't been following and only know the headlines, but could it have all been a marketing ploy?

 

[tm3308]

Cynically speaking, any chance the "promotion" was a ploy to sell those remaining tickets? Maybe the response was such that they hit their target number and all of the sudden the "promotion" is put on hold while the legality is questioned/researched...?

I haven't been following and only know the headlines, but could it have all been a marketing ploy?

I highly doubt it was some kind of trick. That's way too clever for anyone in our marketing dept. to have come up with.

 

[NCHawker]

from the same people that gave you red pon pons during the Wisconsin Game, the same people who gave you those dreadful uniforms for ISU and Purdue and the same people who gave you that trophy.

 

[Eda]

I highly doubt it was some kind of trick. That's way too clever for anyone in our marketing dept. to have come up with.

Wicked sick burn, Tork.

 

[hawkfan1319]

Well I think it is illegal because Uncle Sam isn't getting his 50% cut of a cash prize won. Put the word scholarship in front of it and I'm pretty sure it's legal.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

JFC, that's just embarrassing. The initial idea was lame enough. But then no one thought to check whether something like this might not be legal? Sally Mason needs to make some heads roll in the Athletics Department. I'm not sure it shouldn't start with Barta's.

Frankly, Prez Mason should have been gone a while ago. As in, "Who the he&& hired HER?!"

 

[Seth53]

The rub is....they have to spend the tuition on "Interdepartmental Studies" type of classes.