If you want to end up going to the Georgia game in the fall, you better sign up for Carolina Convoy as quickly as you can. That’s because, unlike in years prior, the only student tickets that will be distributed requires you to sit on a chaperoned bus both to and from Athens.
Carolina Convoy, a Student Government initiative, decided that USC students wouldn’t want to make the long and difficult trek out to Georgia on their own simply because of the popularity of last year’s Convoy to equally distant Florida. In anticipation for such a high turnout, Carolina Convoy requested that all Georgia game student tickets go through them.
On the bright side though, at least students who chose the Carolina Convoy route will receive their choice of a snack an a drink.
We think it’s outrageous that students will have to be shuttled safely back and forth to Athens as if in a fourth grade car pool with no option to make their own way to Sanford Stadium on their own time at a reasonable price. And yes, while this initiative doesn’t force students to not go to one of the biggest games of the year, we find it a bit unfair that the athletics department is asking students who don’t want to the hassle of Carolina Convoy to pay regular ticket prices.
For those of us who don’t want the hassle of finding our own transportation, don’t want to check out Athens with their non-USC friends and family while they’re at the Georgia game, or even want to relive the experiences of their fifth grade field trips, then forcing students to choose Carolina Convoy to get student tickets is a wonderful new idea that you’re bound to enjoy.
But for us, we feel that this is just an attempt babysit a group of people who otherwise considered adults and capable of making their own decisions. As college students we deserve better than to be treated like children, Carolina Convoy should know better too.