In response to the letter in Monday's Alligator that called student ticket scalpers a disgrace to Gator Nation: what a load of crap.
The kid that's getting a hundred bucks for a student ticket isn't a disgrace to anyone. He or she is a testament to UF's Warrington College of Business Administration.
Student season ticket holders are already hamstrung in that they can only sell their tickets to people with Gator 1 cards. If a hundred bucks is market value out in the more or less free market of nonstudent ticket prices, then the student who gets that much for a ticket should be applauded.
We're in a recession. Even before that was the case, jobs were scarce for student-aged people in Gainesville (another direct function of supply and demand in a college town). The stereotype of the poor college student is no myth, even at UF.
Buying student season tickets and selling them for 10 times face value is an easy way to watch a relatively small investment yield huge profits.
If you're struggling to make rent and another student wants to pay you a lot of money to watch Tim Tebow and Brandon Spikes hit Lane Kiffin's boys in the mouth, don't feel like you're a blight upon the school for accepting the offer.
