Student ticket uproar, this time at Michigan

Naturally, since I'm a supporter of UPAC's proposed changes to Penn State student season ticket packages--giving priority to certain students, like seniors and those at University Park--I absolutely love that this could become precedent in the near future. The higher ups at Michigan have adopted their own changes to that university's student ticket policies. Of course, their satellite campuses are raging.

From MLive.com via MichiganSportsCenter.com:

"This is the first time I'm aware of that an official policy has made a distinction between UM students," said Wade Merrill, 29, a UM-Flint graduate student and president of the university's athletic association.

"Incoming freshmen at Ann Arbor now have more rights to see games up close than someone who has been at UM-Flint for four years. It doesn't make any sense."

Under a longtime policy, class standing determined who received the most desirable seats when purchasing UM football tickets, without regard to which UM branch the student attended.

The new policy gives top priority to Ann Arbor students, based on credit hours."

This is very similar to PSU's problem with student tickets. The only problem with Michigan's policies, is that they're ALREADY LAW. How much lower can UM get these days? Penn State only proposed the changes, not go out and make the decision behind closed doors.

"UM-Ann Arbor freshman Matt McGuffie, 18, said the new policy is fair.

"I don't know anybody from Flint or Dearborn who comes down for the games," he said. "In just talking around, the students are from Ann Arbor."

Johnson responded: "That's not true. All of my friends at UM (Flint) buy tickets and go to games every week."

Merrill, who spearheaded the protest, said a larger issue than sporting event tickets is at stake.

"It's about football, but it's also about access to university resources for all Michigan students," said Merrill, an assistant single sales copy manager at The Flint Journal."

Sound familiar? At least PSU can watch this situation closely, to get a heads up on what not-to do.