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LSU promoting Ben Simmons to sell tickets

LSU fans are very excited to have Ben Simmons next season, as they should be, and the school’s athletic department has converted that hype into a marketing campaign for basketball ticket sales. Simmons, the nation’s No. 1 player, is the focal point of the “25 is coming” blitz and a lot of people on the internet think that’s a bunch of B.S. because it’s monetizing a student-athlete.

A release from LSU reads:

The LSU Athletics Department announced Wednesday the beginning of its new season ticket summer sales campaign for the upcoming 2015-16 men’s basketball season.

This year’s campaign will focus on the arrival of the nation’s No.