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Akron is paying students to go to basketball games

By Stanford Crissey

Nov 25, 2014; University Park, PA, USA; Akron Zips guard Nyles Evans (3) lays the ball up over Penn State Nittany Lions forward Julian Moore (44) in the first half at Bryce Jordan Center. Credit: Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 25, 2014; University Park, PA, USA; Akron Zips guard Nyles Evans (3) lays the ball up over Penn State Nittany Lions forward Julian Moore (44) in the first half at Bryce Jordan Center. Credit: Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports /
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Students at Akron can earn $20 for attending three basketball games

“Hey kids,” says the weird, giant kangaroo that serves as the Akron Zips’ mascot. “Wanna go to a basketball game?”

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“Nah, we’re gonna do something else tonight, Giant Kangaroo,” says the student.

The kangaroo pulls out a wad of cash.

“How about now?”

That’s the gist of the promotion the University of Akron has started. The university is offering students who attend any or all of three home games–vs. Toledo yesterday, vs. Miami (Ohio) on Saturday, and vs. Ohio University the following Saturday–a $5 bonus on their Zip Card (which is a form of ID, not some sort of microchip that makes you run faster, or a pass to ride kangaroos in Australia) for attending, with an additional $5 bonus for attending all three.

This means that students can earn $20 total just for attending three basketball games. Nice work if you can get it. Anyone know how I can get a fake student ID for Akron?

Actually, don’t answer that. The seedy underworld of fake student IDs is best left alone.

There is one catch: the students only get the money if 800 students attend the game. It shouldn’t be a problem; after all, they’re college students and it is money.

It may sound like a desperate move by a college with low attendance, but Zips’ attendance this year has actually been strong–their last home game before this promotion had an attendance over 4,800.

So it would seem that this is actually just a genuine thank you to the students, who should feel lucky: seeing a college voluntarily giving its students money is like the passing of Haley’s Comet. We should all remember this, because it doesn’t come around that often. Although it might be so they can feel better about themselves when they send that letter to alumni asking for a donation six months after they’ve graduated.

(h/t SB Nation)

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