supposed to generate $5,000 in donations to Ohio State University every year.
But more than 400 people were getting season parking passes in six tailgating lots near Ohio Stadium without giving the required annual gift, an audit has found. Some were paying zero.
"I can't tell you when or how they got it, just that they always had it," said Pat Chun, senior associate athletics director for external relations.
The party is over. Letters went out recently informing 426 parkers that they must whip out the checkbook or move to a more distant lot.
Members of the Buckeye Club, whose donations support the athletics program, received 252 of the letters. The rest went to members of the President's Club, who support other university causes, and longtime season-ticket holders.
"It ended up being about 20 percent of the people roughly who aren't making the requisite contribution," Chun said. "We're just trying to make sure that it's a level playing field."
The review was done because of "intense interest in the 2010 football season," according to the letter Ohio State sent.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/20/buckeyes_parking.ART_ART_02-20-10_A1_L0GL6BV.html?sid=101
(I call serious BS on the boldtype portion)
But more than 400 people were getting season parking passes in six tailgating lots near Ohio Stadium without giving the required annual gift, an audit has found. Some were paying zero.
"I can't tell you when or how they got it, just that they always had it," said Pat Chun, senior associate athletics director for external relations.
The party is over. Letters went out recently informing 426 parkers that they must whip out the checkbook or move to a more distant lot.
Members of the Buckeye Club, whose donations support the athletics program, received 252 of the letters. The rest went to members of the President's Club, who support other university causes, and longtime season-ticket holders.
"It ended up being about 20 percent of the people roughly who aren't making the requisite contribution," Chun said. "We're just trying to make sure that it's a level playing field."
The review was done because of "intense interest in the 2010 football season," according to the letter Ohio State sent.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/20/buckeyes_parking.ART_ART_02-20-10_A1_L0GL6BV.html?sid=101
(I call serious BS on the boldtype portion)
