Athletics fee works for you, too

Just because no one watches the games. Just because a Metro Athletics superstar could be sitting right next to you in class and you would never know it. Just because you hate sports. Just because.

Paying $18 per semester  Athletics Fee does more for you ÷ regardless of whether you fit into the aforementioned categories ÷ than you can measure in random thoughts.

OK, so only 190 athletes participate in Metro sports. OK, only a few people attend the games.
OK.

Pick up The Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News this weekend. Turn to the sports section. Read all about the menās and womenās basketball teams and the results of the weekend games.

That a single story appears in either of Denverās daily newspapers makes the $18 or proposed $21 you pay worth it. Regardless.

It is free publicity. The publicity makes Metro visible. Visibility breeds familiarity. Familiarity breeds respect. Respect makes for a valuable diploma.

Simple.

Not to mention, the 180 students who receive scholarships might never have attended college, graduated and become successful members of society without the chance to pursue college via athletics.

Yeah, you work two jobs, take out student loans, raise a family. So do some of them. Not every athlete gets a full-ride. Vanessa Edwards, a former star of the womenās basketball team, worked as any other student might, slinging pizza at the old Primo Pizza store before it became Dominoās.

Athletes at Metro live in relative obscurity, shielded from both fame and controversy. Whenās the last time you heard about an NCAA scandal at Metro?
 

And they graduate.

Metro runs a clean program across the board, educates its athletes and provides some compelling entertainment. Too bad students arenāt compelled to see for themselves.

The fee is beneficial to you and the college even if you never watch a contest.

Pay it and receive the benefits. And leave the sweating to the jocks.