Students may submit requests for away game tickets by logging onto rolltide.com beginning at 8 a.m. on Aug. 23. The request form will be open until 5 p.m. on Aug. 25. Payment information is not required upon request.
Ticket requests will not be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Instead, the system will take credit hours into account, and those with the most credit hours will be given priority, according to information provided by the SGA.
Approximately 80 percent of the tickets for each game will go to undergraduate students, with 20 percent going to graduate students. Seating will also be predetermined by credit hours.
The credit hour cutoffs for each game will be posted on rolltide.com after 5 p.m. on Aug. 25, meaning students will know then if they are eligible to receive tickets, the SGA information sheet said. Students who are above the credit hour cutoff for the games they requested will be notified by e-mail.
Thereafter, those who received tickets will be able to log on to rolltide.com again and submit their payment information. Purchased tickets will be available for pick up at the Coleman Coliseum ticket office from Sept. 6 to Sept. 8.
SGA Vice President of Student Affairs Stephen Swinson said he believes delaying the ticket requests until next week will allow more students to be informed about the process, and it will also refrain from adding to the stress of the first week of school.
“Having the student football away game ticket sales during the second week of the fall semester allows for students to get settled in and prepared for classes, thus decreasing the chances of students being overwhelmed and forgetting to request student football away game tickets,” Swinson said.
“I know the first week of classes is pretty hectic for me,” he said. “Students are constantly bombarded with e-mails while trying to toy with their class schedules, buying textbooks and unpacking their belongings.”
Since the Crimson Tide has a difficult road schedule this year, Swinson said, it was important to the SGA and the Athletics department to simplify the process of obtaining away game tickets.
“I feel confident that this approach will significantly decrease the number of students who forget to request their student football away game tickets,” he said.
