Season Tickets
- Thread starter richthedentist
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yeah...
before this season would've been perfect actually...might've been able to attract a few bigger time whales if you could promise them a courtside or row a type block of tickets. but that would mean RU getting their s*it together for once...
It is a little amusing that many complain about "the rich get richer, need to get money out of sports" but then there is a bunch of posts about how we can displace long time fans with richer fans who will donate money money.
Just another side effect of the college sports model or "fans have to give above and beyond to support spending."
Just another side effect of the college sports model or "fans have to give above and beyond to support spending."
Why can't they just get rid of priority pints and "mandatory donations"?
Price tickets at the price needed to cover spending by the team.
Just like every other sport.
If you don't want to pay when prices raise, lose your tickets and someone else can buy them.
If you don't have tickets, you have to wait.
Price tickets at the price needed to cover spending by the team.
Just like every other sport.
If you don't want to pay when prices raise, lose your tickets and someone else can buy them.
If you don't have tickets, you have to wait.
I have said many times that the long term courtside fans should remain where they are, as long as they want
They are true fans
Rewarding a new big donor, he might be here one year and gone the next, while the long time fan got screwed and worse seats
There is a reason long term fans accumulate
priority points
that's fine as long as you are also ok with a subpar team...because our peers are trying to milk their fanbase for all their worth. this is big time athletics.
to me long term fans do get rewarded...with priority points. you get them for tickets purchased and for consecutive years of purchase...plus you get them for lifetime donations. this is more than fair imo and gives you a nice head start over a newbie.
it's not like a guy who has had row a-c type tickets in the 100s for 20 years is going to have his season tickets revoked if he doesn't buck up...but yeah he might have to move back some rows or move to the side for a guy who is willing to cut a big check.
The long term fan should have the option to keep his seats, just tell him what is required
I ageee with you….mostly. The one issue is that because the floor is somewhat too low, there are 1/4 to 1/3 of the 100 level that easily sell their tickets at the first sign of struggle . I deal with plenty of the opposing fans next to me who bought tickets for approx $100….
A lot of interesting comments - especially from the long term fans / season ticket holders, which I respect. Hasn't been that long ago when the ticket office reps would call trying to sell - asking if I would be continuing to attend games - especially when football & basketball really stunk. The next AD selection is the most critical hire - maybe in the history of this school. Need new RAC (I went to the first game - like me the place is old); will eventually have new coach; and will need to guide how NIL dollars get allocated. Hopefully the decision makers get it right - it will have implications for years.
Yup the next Noah Fernandes, Peter Kiss, or Jordan Derkack will find themselves here next year and we’ll be told how incredible they are all summer.
The Pike apologists will tell you how much potential they have. How great they were at D3, MAC, NCAC level, Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the year... but when they get punched in the face in the B1G to give them time... LOL what a joke. whoever is the recruiting coordinator for RU Hoops should be fired and Pike needs to figure out what his team's identity is. Get back to hard nosed basketball... value the ball, play D, box out and rebound both ends of the court.
I've had my season tickets 25 years. This is still better than the FHJr, and Eddie Jordan years.
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I’ll see what the roster is going to look like before making a decision. If Lathan, Grant Dortch, and Davis are back I probably will stick it out another year - if it’s complete turnover with a bunch of mid major transfers I’m probably done.
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