A big time coach will cost 5 million dollars. Would you be willing to pay $20/ ticket more to cover this cost?
Coaches like this would be Bob Stoops and similar.
Coaches like this would be Bob Stoops and similar.
Would you pay $20/ticket more for a BIG TIME Coach?
- Thread starter rutgersal
- Start date
Childish response, but I'll play, since you have lots of knowledge on subject.
The point is, our fan base does not want to pay, they want others to do it. We don't have a Sugar Daddy/ major donors other schools have. We have very large ones on Academic and a few large ones for athletics but no comparison to our B1G mates
For someone so astute, I'm female by the way
The point is, our fan base does not want to pay, they want others to do it. We don't have a Sugar Daddy/ major donors other schools have. We have very large ones on Academic and a few large ones for athletics but no comparison to our B1G mates
For someone so astute, I'm female by the way
I look forward to the 6-7 home games more than anything else.. My best friend changed his wedding date because it conflicted with a Rutgers game. If they upped my ticket to $100 I would still renew.
RU would have to raise about $500,000 more per home game to cover the difference between KF's current salary and a $5 million coach. That's about $10 more per ticket.
I don't think I we need to pay $5 million to get a good coach but I'm willing to pay $10 more ticket per game
I don't think I we need to pay $5 million to get a good coach but I'm willing to pay $10 more ticket per game
Why do people continue to harp on the no money issue. There are various other realistic ways to get the funds needed. Until a new coach gets hired I am not too sure people will fork over another $280 a season for 2 tickets unless they are some actual results shown on the field Maybe you will Al because you appear to be making the big bucks and don't have children or a spouse or are not retired. I don't think you realize what often goes into a family decision. If the results can be shown after a couple of seasons then perhaps some folks might feel more comfortable.
We've been down that road before and most recently the past three years. I think there is a good percentage of folks who will agree that the problem is Barchi and not insufficient funds or other ways to get them. It's no different than taxes...once they are raised they are never reduced.
We've been down that road before and most recently the past three years. I think there is a good percentage of folks who will agree that the problem is Barchi and not insufficient funds or other ways to get them. It's no different than taxes...once they are raised they are never reduced.
Well said, but still a catch 22 can we win without getting a quality coach who can recruit and coach CHEAP
I think most of the diehards on this site would absorb a $10-$25 increase per ticket if their personal finances allow but casual fans would not. So you potentially end up with a half-filled stadium (or worse, a full stadium for premium games that is 50% PSU, OSU, etc) and RU ends up with less revenue than the status quo unless (and this is the key) it is a home run hire who can win immediately. That's an awfully big risk to take. We really need some deep-pocketed alums to step up and smaller donors to dig deep as donations are what will make or break our coaching budget this time around.
I don't think we can, due to a significant credibility deficit. I can't blame a recruit for choosing Harbaugh and Meyer over us. We need someone on that level to compete with them.
This is for a home run hire: ie Bob Stoops/John Harbaugh.
The only thing that will cause a half empty Rutgers stadium is the status quo. In fact, I can get behind most of the mentioned candidates: Schiano, Golden, Rhule, Herman, etc.
Without thinking......I think most people would renew if there was a new coach and JH said "I know we increased ticket prices, but that's to pay for the new coach".
Now flip the script and Flood stays, people will drop season tickets like it's going out of style. As long as there is HOPE, people will pay.
Now flip the script and Flood stays, people will drop season tickets like it's going out of style. As long as there is HOPE, people will pay.
We're all assuming that spending $5 million on a coach means they will be successful. If the new coach wins 8-9 games a year in the B1G east, that'd be pretty successful, right? My guess is that we wouldn't be satisfied and eventually the ticket sales would decline, leaving Rutgers with a coach that the fan base is divided on but is too expensive to ever fire. With the way recruiting works, they'd be screwed because they'd either have to fire this really expensive coach, which would become crazy expensive to do or give them an extension when they're already overpaid and the excitement had worn off.
All the truly elite coaches that come with practically no risk would not come here for $5 million.
Oklahoma State, Baylor, and Oregon are all models for what Rutgers has to do. Gamble on an up and comer and pay them more as they prove themselves and revenues grow.
All the truly elite coaches that come with practically no risk would not come here for $5 million.
Oklahoma State, Baylor, and Oregon are all models for what Rutgers has to do. Gamble on an up and comer and pay them more as they prove themselves and revenues grow.
An increase would only work if the vast majority of season ticketholders were psycho diehards like us posters here. They're not. I'd bet 75% don't even know about this site.
Rutgers doesn't have a large, long time base like most schools in the B1G. The way season tickets have gone up and down over the past 10 years or so, it is reasonable to call the fan base fragile. After this season with all the ON an OFF field problems, the last thing you want to do is give people another reason not to renew.
Al's thing seems to be building a program on the backs of a very small base by comparison with the rest of the B1G. At least it's a step in the right direction from his previous $1,000 seat license idea earlier in the year.
Rutgers doesn't have a large, long time base like most schools in the B1G. The way season tickets have gone up and down over the past 10 years or so, it is reasonable to call the fan base fragile. After this season with all the ON an OFF field problems, the last thing you want to do is give people another reason not to renew.
Al's thing seems to be building a program on the backs of a very small base by comparison with the rest of the B1G. At least it's a step in the right direction from his previous $1,000 seat license idea earlier in the year.
As I posted on the premium board when Al proposed this ridiculous notion.
Season tickets went from $40 in 2012 to $55 today.
We got Kyle Flood for the last "extra" $15.
Prove that the "next $20" won't go straight into Rutgers pocket before soaking the season ticket holder once again.
Season tickets went from $40 in 2012 to $55 today.
We got Kyle Flood for the last "extra" $15.
Prove that the "next $20" won't go straight into Rutgers pocket before soaking the season ticket holder once again.
I said this about the concession food. I don't care how much it costs as long as it's good I'll buy it. Haven't bought a thing in the stadium except drinks because it sucks. We bring our own sandwiches. Same with our coach you charge $20 bucks more get a big time coach I'll pay. But knowing RU they would simply put it toward reducing the subsidy. You would have to earmark it with something like "Coaches Fund" and make the actual amount obtained transparent. So people can actually see what they are contributing. I think most people wouldn't mind an extra $140 a year if they actually knew where it was going.
Bob Stoops? He's leaving OU? They may be in the playoff this year. I don't think there are any $5M or+ coaches available. Richt is making $4M & if he gets fired, no one is paying him more. Herman will be less too.
Also, let's set the record straight here, the school pays the coach's & staff's salary & donors pay for buyouts & new buildings or upgrades to buildings. Rutgers should stop being so damn cheap & pay.
There is ZERO shot I am paying 20 more a ticket consider myself a diehard and season ticket holder for 17yrs. I'm not here to fund a head coach I'm here to watch football and not here to overpay doing so $40 a game to park is already a rip off and to have the nuts to ask for a donation to stay in your lot to boot on top of the $600 I donate to keep my seats. I'll pass
I'll pick 3 games a year I want to see and scalp
I'll pick 3 games a year I want to see and scalp
This ticket increase would also raise the assistant coaching salary pool to 2.745 million, which is competitive for the Big Ten.
Similar threads
Latest posts
-
Marquise Watson joins Barringer High School as new Defensive Coordinator.- Latest: -RUFAN4LIFE-
-
-
