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Maybe the headline changed but the app is not penalizing students for leaving early but possibly rewarding them for staying. Crazy how headlines drive a narrati

Maybe the headline changed but the app is not penalizing students for leaving early but possibly rewarding them for staying. Crazy how headlines drive a narrative that often times does not match the reported facts. From an AP article on this... "if they stay in the stands at a home game at Bryant-Denny Stadium through the fourth quarter, students who have the app could be rewarded with highly coveted postseason tickets to events like the SEC Championship Game or the College Football Playoffs"

Clubber 7y ago
It's also opt-in. Sounds like fear mongering with clickbait. I don't see a problem with tracking I know about and can turn off at will. It's the tracking I don't know about and can't do anything about that's the issue. "Students who download the Tide Loyalty Points app will be tracked only inside the stadium, he said, and they can close the app — or delete it — once they leave the stadium." Jesus, I just realized it was the New York Times ...