ASUO and the University of Oregon Athletics Department have partnered, announcing a change to the lottery-based ticket distribution system which will create a weighted priority by class standing.

Throughout fall term, ASUO collected more than 600 survey responses that raised issues with the current distribution system, according to an announcement by the student government.

Survey responses included complaints that it was unfair to “die-hard” fans, that there should be a priority for upperclassmen and that expensive ticket reselling needed to be addressed, according to the announcement.

ASUO President Prissila Moreno and ASUO Secretary of Campus Life Saysha Ines took the responses to the athletics department, resulting in the partnership.

The new system includes a weighted priority by class standing: freshmen are at a baseline 1.00, and a 0.05% increase is applied per class, making seniors and graduate students weighted at 1.15.

The change also introduces a ticket marketplace for students, allowing flexibility for students who received tickets through the lottery to be able to sell tickets if they can’t attend.

To prevent excessive resale prices, a $75 cap on resale price will be applied within the student marketplace. The marketplace will open after the random selection period for tickets and will close at 5 p.m. two days prior to a game.

According to Moreno, this was a chance for ASUO to directly address student needs “without the leverage of the (incidental fee).”

“When discussed at a roundtable during our executive meetings, there was a ton of energy to try and change this,” Moreno said about the time ASUO began receiving messages about the system. “I can’t blame students for doubting that we could. I mean this university really makes you feel like you don’t have a say in much.”

Moreno said ASUO collected the survey responses during the second half of fall term during multiple sporting events, College GameDay and through social media platforms.

“I think what this shows is that any issue students care about is ASUO’s issue and worth taking on, no matter how out of reach it feels,” Moreno said.

The current ticket distribution system was rolled out in September 2025, introducing the randomized selection process in which Ducks Sports Pass holders had to “request” if they wanted a ticket.

Prior to the current system, pass holders would line up in a virtual queue that operated on a first-come, first-served basis to await a chance at receiving tickets. The athletics department oversold thousands of student sports passes in prior years, leading to hundreds of pass holders not receiving tickets in the queue.

High resale prices have also plagued both ticket systems in recent years, with popular games often exceeding hundreds of dollars per seat.

The new system will be implemented at the start of next football season, just before fall term.