A fraternity Greek-named co-ed organization at Texas A&M has put together a really cool program:

"Beat the hell outta scalpers" is the slogan of Alpha Phi Omega's TicketMart, a free service that helps fans sell Texas A&M football tickets they can't use to interested buyers before every home game.

"The inflated prices that scalpers ask for are outrageous, and it's not fair to Aggies," said Shiloh Venable, a senior human resource development major and TicketMart chair.

TicketMart has been in operation for more than 10 years, but many students do not know that it exists.

"We are trying to spread the word across campus and the Bryan-College Station community so that as many people as possible who have the opportunity can use it," Venable said.

Anyone who wants to sell football tickets can fill out a form on or before any home game day and Alpha Phi Omega, a national co-ed service fraternity, will try to sell the tickets for face value in the Memorial Student Center during the three hours before kickoff.

If the tickets are sold, the money is mailed back to the seller within two weeks.

Alpha Phi Omega does not charge a service fee but will accept donations, Venable said.

Unsold tickets are destroyed or can be mailed back to their original owner.

Tickets with seating anywhere in Kyle Field are accepted and TicketMart serves both students and visitors to Aggieland.

"Everyone who wants to enjoy Aggie football should be able to," Venable said.

My father had season tickets to the Longhorns last year. The Nebraska game came on a bad weekend and he couldn't use the tickets. He used some online service months in advance and there was a while when it looked like the guy was going to punk out on paying Dad back. Ultimately, the guy paid up (face value). I remember thinking that there's got to be a better way of going about it. Looks like the Ags have found one.

[via Chris]