Clemson approves an athletic fee of $150 per semester for students starting next year
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, right, talks with quarterback Cade Klubnik (2) during the first half of an NCAA football game against Wake Forest in Greensboro, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chuck Burton]
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University’s board of trustees has approved an athletic fee of $150 per semester for students starting next academic year. The panel debated the measure earlier this week before passing it on Friday. The fee is expected to raise between $7 million and $8 million for the athletic department in 2025-26. The school had long resisted such fees and has not charged its students for single-game available tickets to athletic events. Power conference schools have been looking for new ways to raise money following an an agreement to pay damages to past athletes and start paying current ones as early as next fall.
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FILE - Clemson coach Brad Brownell gives instruction to the team during the second half against Pittsburgh in an NCAA college basketball game, Feb. 12, 2020, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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