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[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=16439.msg186234#msg186234 date=1484323465]
Every school should use demand-based ticket pricing.  And no school should demand donations for seating locations.  Donations should earn other perks.

The reason that schools link donations to seating is the tax deduction: if you simply charge more for good seats, there's no tax deduction, but if require a donation to get a good seat, that donation is (partly) tax-deductible.  That makes no sense at all from a tax policy standpoint, but athletics departments around the country have lobbied aggressively to keep the loophole.
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This makes me actively angry. I always thought the "required donation" thing was a load of bullshit, but if Stanford's trying to pull this? If I get one of these I'm sending it back with a dirty diaper in it, because that's what they deserve.

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[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=16439.msg186234#msg186234 date=1484323465]
Every school should use demand-based ticket pricing.  And no school should demand donations for seating locations.  Donations should earn other perks.

The reason that schools link donations to seating is the tax deduction: if you simply charge more for good seats, there's no tax deduction, but if require a donation to get a good seat, that donation is (partly) tax-deductible.  That makes no sense at all from a tax policy standpoint, but athletics departments around the country have lobbied aggressively to keep the loophole.
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This makes me actively angry. I always thought the "required donation" thing was a load of bullshit, but if Stanford's trying to pull this? If I get one of these I'm sending it back with a dirty diaper in it, because that's what they deserve.