Here's a bit of a thought exercise...what's the point of having donations at all anymore, when there is no tax benefit for donating? Why not just increase ticket prices to cover the value of the "donation," charge one price and be done with it?
I can think of a few reasons why, but I'm curious what others think.
People that do donate and don't get priority for seating or parking can still tax deduct I believe, but I'm not an accountant so don't know for sure.
Also, I was still hopeful the tax increase I was given will go back but not so sure anymore, If it was to change back I would want the deduction.
Donation applies to all sports for giving level. Not sure how that would be done if was put into the ticket prices.
A few years ago, I suggested the parking be increased on cyclonefanatic, but got a lot of negative feedback since the parking wasn't tax deductible. Maybe that doesn't matter now and parking needs to go up to at least market value.
I really wish we would go to the Iowa method of donations and do a per seat minimum donation. Why should we limit the donor to 4 seats if they want to buy 6. And why should we punish the person that buys 2 tickets.
I know a person that has Iowa season tickets and moved to a higher donation level to get better seats as he only needs 2 tickets now vs. 4. He basically gave the university the same amount for 2 tickets as he paid for 4 the year before.