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But you said that those that keep them are "loyal". Loyalty has nothing to do with it.Season ticket holders versus non season ticket holders wasn’t the comparison I was making.
The post I was responding to argued that season ticket holders who keep their tickets are better fans than season ticket holders who get rid of them in response to Ash staying.
I have been in since 1980. Does sticking around make now make me a better fan or a sucker. Sometimes you have to cut your losses. I do not blame anyone for leaving this mess.Just as a point of debate, I think it does. This isn't meant to be offensive, and lord knows keeping season tix or not is not really meaningful to someone who is 10,000 miles away, but I think the person stays in during the really bad times is a better fan than one who does not.
What do others think?
I can’t believe we have actually reached the low point of debating whether or not the Shea era was better than ash. I think the Shea era was better, but if ash is fired now he will leave the program in better shape than what Shea did. By keeping ash here another year the program will be set back even further .
We all want a better future. I will be thrilled to make a bowl game some year soon. I'm 57 years old. Waited 30 years for a season like 2006. Can't wait another 30 for the next. Also as time flys by you realize your free time is like gold. It shouldn't be spent being miserable and cost you a fortune for the aggravation. There is much happier times being away from watching an 1-11 team.
I would think that the credits I have earned over 40 years and making trips to every bowl game with many seasons being "bad times" qualifies me as a serious fan and supporter. Just not next year or until we make a serious commitment to being competitive in this sport/conference. And proving that by investing some of the windfall we are getting and will get into that effort.Just as a point of debate, I think it does. This isn't meant to be offensive, and lord knows keeping season tix or not is not really meaningful to someone who is 10,000 miles away, but I think the person stays in during the really bad times is a better fan than one who does not.
What do others think?
In regardless. RU alum and supporter forever. It's amazing how many people on here see RU football the same way they see pro sports. I will never lose site that this is an academic institution first and athletics are secondary. Yes it's a crappy time right now but without support it will not get better. Also thank you all for better seat and parking options.
At least on Shea's team the QB WAS the best player on the term. Ash can't even find 1.I can’t believe we have actually reached the low point of debating whether or not the Shea era was better than ash. I think the Shea era was better, but if ash is fired now he will leave the program in better shape than what Shea did. By keeping ash here another year the program will be set back even further .
Our kids went to all the games for several years, but bailed once they became teenagers. Smarter than their parents? LOL.In with 4 tix again, grudgingly.
It makes me sad, though. My kids are 5, and are just starting to pay attention to the game itself - we really have only gotten them to 1-2 games a year so far. Was hoping we'd start to bring them to all the non-night games next year, and it'd become a family tradition to go to games together.
But now? I have little interest in attending the games myself. I only went to three games this year, and won't be going on Saturday. I only see 2 or 3 wins on the schedule next year, even if we do correct the mistake and bring in a legit staff. In the years that I was hoping to really get my kids to become fans.... we're pretty close to steaming garbage.
So, I'm keeping my tickets and priority points in the hopes that in 2-3 years the next coach will have gotten us back on track, and I can try to get them into the game then.
Still, I'm mentally and emotionally checked out on football at present. I haven't watched any of the coach pressers since Week 2 this year, or really read any online articles about the team. I've DVRed games and then deleted them without watching, or only watched a quarter or two. Still some glimmer of hope that this ship can get itself back afloat in a few years, but right now it feels scuttled.
In regardless. RU alum and supporter forever. It's amazing how many people on here see RU football the same way they see pro sports. I will never lose site that this is an academic institution first and athletics are secondary. Yes it's a crappy time right now but without support it will not get better. Also thank you all for better seat and parking options.
In regardless. RU alum and supporter forever. It's amazing how many people on here see RU football the same way they see pro sports. I will never lose site that this is an academic institution first and athletics are secondary. Yes it's a crappy time right now but without support it will not get better. Also thank you all for better seat and parking options.
Whatever. The response I was making was over his use of the word "better".But you said that those that keep them are "loyal". Loyalty has nothing to do with it.
None of your threads make sense. 0/10.
Why duplicate a thread that has already been started?
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/in-or-out.156331/
Over the course of the season, multiple people have stated in various threads that they'd be dropping a significant portion of their season tickets or just dropping them all together if ash is brought back. This is especially concerning to me and hopefully to our athletic department because if our absolute die-hard fans on message boards are dropping season tix, parking and donations, have to imagine all of the casual fans are as well. I was hoping in this one thread we could keep track of how many season tix and parking passes will be dropped if ash is back. Besides the financial part of it, it will crush recruiting (as if it's not awful already) playing in empty stadiums and it will be hard to win these fans back when a change is inevitably made anyway.
For starters, my season tix have dropped from 4 to 2 under the Ash regime and I will be dropping those remaining two plus my parking pass if ash is back. Curious to know what others will do.
You're moving the goalposts. People who have to travel long distances are not comparable to people who do not. I'm a pretty solid RU fan and I haven't been to a game in 13 years. Might have something to do with the 10,000 mile trip to the game.I'm not trying to be offensive either but if everyone kept there tickets what would Rutgers motivation be to change and try to improve? Is a person a 1000 miles away, who eats, drinks, sleeps Rutgers and comes to a few games each year, less of a fan who has season tickets and really doesn't care if they win or loses?
I've been a season ticket holder for 30+ years. Doesnt make me more or less a fan of anyone that love Rutgers Football.
I think that is pretty much what I said.It makes them better fans. But if there is no virtue in that, then evaluating that is meaningless. If there is any virtue to be found, it would be found in the people who want to be at the games but abstain in order to bring about the good in the long run.
By that logic, do you exhort fans to root for us to lose, and really badly?I disagree. People keeping their tickets are more loyal, but that doesn't necessarily make them better. If one side of relationship has issues but feels no pressure to correct them because there are no circumstances in which the other side will end things, that makes the situation worse not better.
I'm not moving the goal posts at all. You can be a huge Rutgers with season tickets or a huge Rutgers fan 10,000 miles away. Having season tickets doesn't make you a better fan.You're moving the goalposts. People who have to travel long distances are not comparable to people who do not. I'm a pretty solid RU fan and I haven't been to a game in 13 years. Might have something to do with the 10,000 mile trip to the game.
You are a great fan. I would argue that a clone of you that didn't give up their seats would be an even better fan.I would think that the credits I have earned over 40 years and making trips to every bowl game with many seasons being "bad times" qualifies me as a serious fan and supporter. Just not next year or until we make a serious commitment to being competitive in this sport/conference. And proving that by investing some of the windfall we are getting and will get into that effort.
And if not then I don't give a frack. I know who I am and all my friends do too. That is all that matters.
Yes, you can. That isn't the point. The point is that when two fans, under similar circumstances, make different decisions about whether to maintain season tix or not, then one can conclude that one is a better fan than the other.I'm not moving the goal posts at all. You can be a huge Rutgers with season tickets or a huge Rutgers fan 10,000 miles away. Having season tickets doesn't make you a better fan.
Respectfully, you cannot conclude one fan is better than another based upon their decision to renew or not to renew.Yes, you can. That isn't the point. The point is that when two fans, under similar circumstances, make different decisions about whether to maintain season tix or not, then one can conclude that one is a better fan than the other.
Bringing in the idea that one lives thousands of miles away makes the situations non-comparable and meaningless.
Well, there are things like financial ability and proximity to the program that would be factors, of course. But let's make everything absolutely equal. Twin brothers, live next door to each other, same job and total income. One renews, one cancels. Can you conclude that the renewer is a better fan? I argue yes, because he is supporting the team when they absolutely need it the most. The other has chosen to end his support (at least in terms of being there for the team and providing financial support). That's my argument. I'd love to hear the other side on this (again, I don't care, and someone who has had season tix for 10+ years is a great fan in my book, either way. This is just an academic argument in my book).Respectfully, you cannot conclude one fan is better than another based upon their decision to renew or not to renew.
Respectfully, you cannot conclude one fan is better than another based upon their decision to renew or not to renew.
Let me play devils advocate with you. Two fans living 10,000 miles away. One attends a game once over 13 years, the other does not. Everything else the same between them. Can we conclude the one who made the effort to travel to one game is a better fan? Of course not.Well, there are things like financial ability and proximity to the program that would be factors, of course. But let's make everything absolutely equal. Twin brothers, live next door to each other, same job and total income. One renews, one cancels. Can you conclude that the renewer is a better fan? I argue yes, because he is supporting the team when they absolutely need it the most. The other has chosen to end his support (at least in terms of being there for the team and providing financial support). That's my argument. I'd love to hear the other side on this (again, I don't care, and someone who has had season tix for 10+ years is a great fan in my book, either way. This is just an academic argument in my book).
Let me play devils advocate with you. Two fans living 10,000 miles away. One attends a game once over 13 years, the other does not. Everything else the same between them. Can we conclude the one who made the effort to travel to one game is a better fan? Of course not.
These purity arguments are silly. Similar to the you are not a real fan if you do get into the stadium before kickoff. Is the fan who stands and yells on third down more of a fan than his neighbor who remains seated? If a person supports a team should not that be enough?
I have been going for 40 years. If I decide to no longer attend it will be because the program no longer cares about its fans enough to show them it is serious about putting a winning product on the field. It has nothing to do with being a "better" fan.