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Texas A&M paid Ball State $1.2 million to play them in their season opener at the newly renovated Kyle Field. Ball State will earn $1.9 million in “guarantee games” this season.
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THE $1.2 MILLION GAME Cardinals lose 56-23 to Texas A&M, but take home consolation prize ROBBY GENERAL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
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Texas A&M’s athletic department brings in about 20 times the amount that Ball State’s department makes each season. Here is a breakdown of each school’s income in 2014:
all State pocketed $1.2 million this weekend for playing a game in which it didn’t stand a chance. The lack of competition was clear at halftime, as No. 16 Texas A&M held a 49-3 lead over Ball State. This is called a “guarantee game.”
Mid-major schools, like Ball State, are paid to play higher-ranked opponents in games they are assumed to lose. The Cardinals played their part this weekend by taking a 56-23 beating from the Aggies. In 60 minutes, Ball State earned more than $1 million - not bad for the athletic department. “The games from teams in the Power Five conferences are a major component for your revenue projections for the year,” Ball State Athletic Director Mark Sandy said. “When you take away how much it
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TEXAS A&M
BALL STATE TICKET SALES $1,018,482 CONTRIBUTIONS $697,601 RIGHTS/LICENSING $2,735,596 STUDENTS FEES $11,237,600 SCHOOL FUNDS $6,159,730 OTHER $1,575,350
costs to get the team down there, you’re still in range of net revenue for the athletic program in general.” The risk of injury goes up substantially when a mid-major school like Ball State faces off against a team from the Southeastern Conference. Senior Ball State offensive lineman Jeremiah Harvey was hurt during the Cardinals’ first possession. That’s a risk David Ridpath, an associate professor at Ohio University, says Mid-American Conference schools shouldn’t necessarily make.
TOTAL REVENUES $23,424,359
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TICKET SALES $36,748,041 CONTRIBUTIONS $36,312,515 RIGHTS/LICENSING $37,477,161 STUDENTS FEES $0 SCHOOL FUNDS $1,241,457 OTHER $7,696,698
TOTAL REVENUES $119,475,872
Source: usatoday.com
LaFollette Complex STUDENT REMEMBERED FOR feels ‘bland, outdated’ LOVE OF LEARNING, KINDNESS
University’s largest hall hasn’t been renovated since 1990s update
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As the university starts to build nicer residence halls, like Johnson A and Studebaker East, those living in LaFollette Complex feel like they are getting the short end of the stick. Approximately 1,900 students live in LaFollette, which has no air conditioning, elevators that only go to the first and sixth floor, smoke detectors that go off at random and in an environment that is not up to date with modern day dorm expectations, residents said. Freshman Max Lewis said compared to
Johnson A, the features in LaFollette are “frustrating” and they limit students on time and space. “The furniture within the rooms and lobby areas appeared very bland and outdated and didn’t have that new gloss look,” Lewis said. “With it being outdated and housing so many people, you would think they would update LaFollette.” He said he doesn’t like having only one washer and dryer on the floor available for students and having a limited fitness room. First opened in 1967, LaFollette is the largest residence hall complex on campus. The majority of the university’s housing and dining facilities were constructed in the 1960s and the student body population has grown since then, which has contributed to the need for building updates.
Ball State senior died Sept. 3 from injuries following car crash
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Michelle Bruggeman had a love for learning, and her passion to work with others is being cherished by those who remember her. The Ball State senior, 21, died Sept. 3 from injuries sustained in a car crash. Abby Muhlenkamp, a friend of Bruggeman’s and a sophomore music education major, said she looked up to Bruggeman, who was pursuing her fourth degree while attending Ball State.
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“[Bruggeman] was so to the university this dedicated to what she did year from Fort Wayne, and had so much going Ind. She was one of three for her. She had so many children and was from goals,” Muhlenkamp said. Portland, Ind., where she In addition to her graduated from Jay Counacademic endeavors, ty High School in 2012. Muhlenkamp said BrugBefore coming to Ball geman had a love for Michelle State, she was a 2014 travel and spending Bruggeman graduate from the InSenior who died ternational time with her friends. Business “[Bruggeman] didn’t on Sept. 3 College in Fort Wayne know a stranger, and she with a degree in travel was such an enjoyable person to and hospitality, and in 2015 she be around,” Muhlenkamp said. graduated from Ivy Tech College, “She never had a bad word to say Fort Wayne with an associate about anyone. [She] was always so degree in Liberal Arts. Bruggehappy. You never saw her without man was employed at WestPoint a smile on her face.” Financial in Fort Wayne and had Bruggeman was studying jour- formerly worked at Windsor nalism and social work at Ball Fashions and Victoria’s Secret. State and was a new transfer See BRUGGEMAN, page 4 THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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