How many will not renew season tickets?

#27
#27
I am speaking directly to the administration with my wallet. Offer a good product, I will spend my money. Put that level of incompetence and defective product on the shelf, I will spend my money elsewhere.

I am not renewing my tickets and instead wife and I are going on a real nice trip in October next year. Likely somewhere with limited USA television channels and cheap alcohol.
 
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#29
#29
Iam4utalways said:
Go to every game you can, you just never know when your circumstances never allow you to go to another game.
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Product has to be worthy of the expense. You don’t keep buying a poor quality car (select poor quality car) simply because you can still drive and remember when the company made great cars.
 
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#30
#30
I have been a life long Tennessee fan and love them more than anything. I am at the point where I may not even watch them anymore. When you get blown out by Vandy every year, it is not even worth the time much less going to see a game. Even if you don't have a good team you still should be competitive with Vanderbilt. Tennessee was never in the game.
 
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#32
#32
Something I'll have to consider. Could use my vacation days on other trips instead of driving 6 1/2 hours to be disappointed. I probably should as I'm essentially throwing money away and not getting joy out of it anymore. We can hardly sell our tickets to the games we don't go to and we don't get nearly our money back on the tickets we do sell. Maybe by the time I move back to TN in a few years we'll have a football program again.
 
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#33
#33
Just had that conversation with my wife . I buy 8 season tickets a year and give a $2500 donation. I let my company buy them. Used to be able to Claim a fairly significant write-off, year before last that percentage was cut and I may have read somewhere that this year I will not be able to take any sort of deduction . I give some away to customers and sell the rest on stub hub but this year with family and business stuff taking priority I was only able to make it to 2 games. I really hate to get rid of at least 2 of the tickets , as they have been in the family for over 50 years now. At some point however it becomes a business decision when the terrible product on the field does not even attempt to provide any return on the investment .
 
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#34
#34
I’ll renew bc I only have a $100 dontation, but probably sell them again like I did this year just to retain my seats
 
#35
#35
Neyland was empty today.
I cancelled my tickets many years ago. I haven’t seen anything to tell me we’re on the right path.
 
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The problem is they will not LOWER the prices based upon the crappy product that is on the field. Who would keep going to a restaurant that continually serves bad food time and time again ? How could the restaurant survive if they raise prices while serving the same bad food ? That is the UT program in a nut shell.
 
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Iam4utalways said:
It’s a shame the ones that call out the fans that say they will wait till we are winning again before they watch or will go to games are the bad guys.

When will the fans that turn their back on the Vols when they are needed the most be considered the bad guys?
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You can have your opinion. It’s dumb, but you can have it.
 
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#38
#38
McDad said:
Why now? Im sincerely curious.
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Fair question.

1) Going to games with results being what they have been for the last 10+ years just isn't a good time, at home or away.
2) Tailgating isn't really fun anymore. Over the years, it's been more like going to a wake before attending a funeral.
3) The 1st rule of investing: never throw good money after bad. At this point, there's been a long history of a lot more bad than good. It has simply become emotionally draining . . . because we actually care.
4) Rightfully, they lowered the donations, but the cost is still too high for the experience. About 60-70% or so of Neyland is rundown and it just looks old and trashy. When I've taken various guests to games over the last few years, the comments are similar and they imply that the only thing impressive about Neyland is the size---the stadium actually looks better on TV than it does in person. It sort of gives the impression that a once proud program has finally sunset.
5) The one thing you can never get back is time. For what UT Football has become, we're reaching the point where it just isn't worth the time.

We've been thinking about this for a while.
 
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knoxvol16 said:
Fair question.

1) Going to games with results being what they have been for the last 10+ years just isn't a good time, at home or away.
2) Tailgating isn't really fun anymore. Over the years, it's been more like going to a wake before attending a funeral.
3) The 1st rule of investing: never throw good money after bad. At this point, there's been a long history of a lot more bad than good. It has simply become emotionally draining . . . because we actually care.
4) Rightfully, they lowered the donations, but the cost is still too high for the experience. About 60-70% or so of Neyland is rundown and it just looks old and trashy. When I've taken various guests to games over the last few years, the comments are similar and they imply that the only thing impressive about Neyland is the size---the stadium actually looks better on TV than it does in person. It sort of gives the impression that a once proud program has finally sunset.
5) The one thing you can never get back is time. For what UT Football has become, we're reaching the point where it just isn't worth the time.

We've been thinking about this for a while.
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Thank you.
 
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#40
#40
The administration has proven that they think the fans will never stop coming. Price hikes after losing seasons then continually trying to hire coaches on the cheap.

They have bungled so many money decisions it's laughable. Waiting until Butch becomes unhirable to fire him and losing out on his mitigation money is a prime example.

They're going to find out soon that not spending a little more up front is going to cost them a lot in the end. And unfortunately, we'll all suffer as half full stadiums aren't going to help the turn around, but who can blame fans for not paying for this anymore? Sorry to be so gloomy, but this last hire was crucial and I fear what's to come.
 
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roberthunter said:
The administration has proven that they think the fans will never stop coming. Price hikes after losing seasons then continually trying to hire coaches on the cheap.

They have bungled so many money decisions it's laughable. Waiting until Butch becomes unhirable to fire him and losing out on his mitigation money is a prime example.

They're going to find out soon that not spending a little more up front is going to cost them a lot in the end. And unfortunately, we'll all suffer as half full stadiums aren't going to help the turn around, but who can blame fans for not paying for this anymore? Sorry to be so gloomy, but this last hire was crucial and I fear what's to come.
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You'd think they would have figured that out after Dooley and Butch.
 
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willinhf said:
Product has to be worthy of the expense. You don’t keep buying a poor quality car (select poor quality car) simply because you can still drive and remember when the company made great cars.
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We are talking Vols not cars. It’s different.

Isn’t different?
 
#47
#47
I don’t see anything that makes me confident going forward. Unless I get real excited over recruiting, I’ll let mine go.
 
#50
#50
I gave mine up towards end of fulmer era. It went from winning to making money for the university. I’ve been to about 10 games since and have been disappointed every time. After paying for the Florida debacle this year, I won’t be back. Money better spent in my daughter and son’s savings accounts.
 
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