2018 Season Tickets

[scottietohottie]

Tis the season to donate.

[TransAmBison]

Did you not read everything so far? They did work with the students. Student fees were negotiated, SRO was negotiated, and for a student body who does not consistently show up, they were very well taken care of. In terms of total numbers, not a single loss for the students.

I am all about the students when it comes to college events, but this is a win/win. Not only was this communicated with the students, the students participated in this every step of the way.

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This is a win/win? Talk about blinders. In no way is this a win for the students. How much do you think that 100k changes the per semester fee to an individual student? My guess is $3. As somebody who occupied the lower rows of section 16 throughout college, this is a huge loss to the students...the rabid ones...the important ones. Student government "participated" yes...but to think they had any power in those negotiations is silly. I understand the different sides on this...but to say this is a win for the students irritates me.

[unbison]

This is a win/win? Talk about blinders. In no way is this a win for the students. How much do you think that 100k changes the per semester fee to an individual student? My guess is $3. As somebody who occupied the lower rows of section 16 throughout college, this is a huge loss to the students...the rabid ones...the important ones. Student government "participated" yes...but to think they had any power in those negotiations is silly. I understand the different sides on this...but to say this is a win for the students irritates me.

People are self serving if you had not noticed .... if these people still don’t get season tickets watch them say how terrible it was for students

[TransAmBison]

People are self serving if you had not noticed .... if these people still don’t get season tickets watch them say how terrible it was for students

So much truth there. I understand people wanting tickets...but the comment that it was a win/win just blows my mind. Funny how people can justify things.

Now td577 please don't take this as a personal attack. You are good guy...never would say otherwise. My comment was in response to you...but my response was to the overall opinion.

[IBleedYellow]

I won't go so far as to say it was a great deal for the students, but I won't say it was a bad deal, either.

If anything this is a great deal for Teammakers because I can only imagine the amount of meetings, emails and calls that Pat and others had to have on a monthly basis from donors who are giving large amounts of $$$$ each year without even really getting anything more than single game tickets.

Something had to give to attempt to appease those donors - this hopefully accomplishes that.

The students losing their prime section sucks....but they still can be right next door to it.

[Bison bison]

Would have preferred that the students been able to keep the better seats. Rush seating is ok would also like to see them investigate ticketing the student section.

[TransAmBison]

I won't go so far as to say it was a great deal for the students, but I won't say it was a bad deal, either.

If anything this is a great deal for Teammakers because I can only imagine the amount of meetings, emails and calls that Pat and others had to have on a monthly basis from donors who are giving large amounts of $$$$ each year without even really getting anything more than single game tickets.

Something had to give to attempt to appease those donors - this hopefully accomplishes that.

The students losing their prime section sucks....but they still can be right next door to it.

That would be like saying you can't have your dream car, but you can park next to it.

For what it's worth, I emailed Matt Larsen asking him to reconsider the lower 16 rows staying with the students. I know it will do no good...but at least I did something rather than just complaining on here. I probably should have called.

[CyPanth]

Has attendance for students been an issue for the last few years or was last season the first?

It seems like there are 3 main factors in getting student attendance:

1. A good product. Check.
2. Peer pressure (having a critical mass of students going). Check.
3. Limited supply (having a risk that you will miss out). Check.

Seems like you have had #1 and #2, but now you have #3.

[RedRiver]

This is a win/win? Talk about blinders. In no way is this a win for the students. How much do you think that 100k changes the per semester fee to an individual student? My guess is $3. As somebody who occupied the lower rows of section 16 throughout college, this is a huge loss to the students...the rabid ones...the important ones. Student government "participated" yes...but to think they had any power in those negotiations is silly. I understand the different sides on this...but to say this is a win for the students irritates me.

The students have no one to blame but their own student government. They agreed to this so from the outside it looks like it should be a win for the students.

[CyPanth]

Alot of those people already have 12 tickets. Plus I dont think many will be as piggy as you think. I know people who are only going to request 2 more because they wanted others to have a shot at tickets. But 567 tickets isnt really that many to start with.

Is there much of a scalper mentality among season ticket holders, especially the top ones? Maybe it isn't so much to maximize profits, but to barter among themselves (or through the Ticket Office) in order to get more tickets to certain games (and dispose of tickets for other games)?