Rep. Terry Brown, I- Colfax, wants to give every incoming University freshman the chance to experience the roar of Death Valley on Saturday night for an entire football season.

House Bill 144 requires the LSU Board of Supervisors to offer incoming freshmen the opportunity to attend football games in Tiger Stadium.

Freshmen are currently offered their tickets through a lottery after registering for tickets during a designated time period, according to LSU Athletics.

The site states that if there is a high demand for tickets, partial-season tickets may be awarded.

Brown said LSU is the only college in the state that does not give all students access to all athletic events.

Upperclassmen often scalp their tickets to freshmen for $300 a ticket or more, Brown added.

“It is morally wrong,” Brown said. “The thrill of being at Tiger Stadium is simply a thrill money cannot buy.”

If students earn a 22 on the ACT and pay fees, Brown said, they deserve and have earned their right to sit in Tiger Stadium.

“They have earned the right to go to a flagship university,” Brown said. “They should have a right to participate in all athletic events.”

Computer science sophomore Erick Perdomo said he received the full season tickets he requested when he was a freshman.

Perdomo said if students do their part at the University, they should be able to have access to the athletic events.

Currently, south stadium is being expanded, but there are no planned expansions of the student section, according to Eddie Nunez, senior associate athletic director and Tiger Athletic Foundation liaison for construction.

Nunez said he is not aware of any expansion of the student section.

“Right now, to my knowledge, we are not doing anything to it,” Nunez said.

“The thrill of being at Tiger Stadium is simply a thrill money cannot buy.”