Should college students have to pay a fee for the athletic program?  

There's absolutely no reason for a fee to be levied singling out
the funding for one department over another. Your student body
should unite and present the following argument.

We will concede to the fee for the athletic department only if you
show the same monetary equality amongst all departments. Either fund
the entire college with a blanket fee "or" create fees independent
of one another in order to finance individual departments "or" supplant
such fees with a tuition hike that may be equal to but no more than one
percent.

If they have any sense they would agree to the last option which would
greatly increase funding to all departments equally while at the same
time not making any impact on your pocketbook.

Finally. If the board doesn't listen to the student body at all, you all
may have a legal case against them in court.

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Absolutely not,my friend.What you do is refuse pay the money.

Student must not pay for it unless they are on that department. It is not fair to pay. Money is important so why pay for the things you didn't want to use. I think that's the problem on some schools. They should be reported to some agency< they should study it again, student must not pay.

I think there is no harm if the college charges a small fee for athletic program. What you can do is increase your participation in your college's athletic meets.