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Smokey1210

Smokey1210

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I say the University gives the student the amount of seats they averaged for the years previous. I also say give them to them for free, but sell the amount for the next season they chose not to use the previous year. I would not allow them to get more unless they used all allotted for the previous year. I think it is sad that the students don't show up to the games. Maybe they will realize that if they don't go they will not be able to the next year and as long as they average the amount that they are slotted now they will always have them. It's called supporting your school when they are down and up. Let the torching begin!
 
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Smokey1210 said:
I say the University gives the student the amount of seats they averaged for the years previous. I also say give them to them for free, but sell the amount for the next season they chose not to use the previous year. I would not allow them to get more unless they used all allotted for the previous year. I think it is sad that the students don't show up to the games. Maybe they will realize that if they don't go they will not be able to the next year and as long as they average the amount that they are slotted now they will always have them. It's called supporting your school when they are down and up. Let the torching begin!
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The AD is never going to want to be contractually obligated to offer an amount based on a prior years attendance. What happens when the next year things pick up, do they all of a sudden take tickets away from season ticket holders? Furthermore, lets assume we have a good year, and the allotment is sold out, your plan would then call for an increase in that allotment the following year. So, you either take away from season ticket holders, or from the general public allotment. Somebody is not going to be happy. This is one of the reasons they started charging students. To keep the public from complaining about not being able to get tickets, when the students were not using all of their FREE allotment.

Now the students who actually care will pay the measly fee, and go to the game. Leaving the social fans at home, who aren't willing to pay ten bucks.

I'm a student, who attends every game. And I completely support charging students for tickets.

Also, this notion of the student section being crammed in down years, when the tickets were free, is just wrong.
 
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i don't mind paying for student tickets. however, i would like to see the school offer a larger discount for students who purchase the whole season up front versus paying game by game.
i also dont have a solution to get students to the game earlier but we certainly need one. seeing half the stadium emtpy at 10 min. before kickoff is sad and embarrassing.
 
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most of the student section gets to the game right at kickoff or just after, since they dont sell alcohol in the stadium you have to get it all in before the game. So dont judge the student section until atleast kickoff.
 
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I think the cost factor plays a big part in the attendance. I say they ought to give the students 1 or maybe 2 weeks to reserve free tickets, then whatever has not been reserved could be placed for sale...at a discount to students, a discount to alums--price increasing relative to years after graduation, and otherwise full price to the general public. I also think a scanning device should be used similar to the basketball games for ticket entrance. In that case, students could be made to pay for tickets not used. I suppose you would even be able to require student ID as with the basketball games.
 
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Midfielder10 said:
most of the student section gets to the game right at kickoff or just after, since they dont sell alcohol in the stadium you have to get it all in before the game. So dont judge the student section until atleast kickoff.
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This. And, sometime huge lines form as the security longingly searches students for booze. The process can take forever right before kick off, and prevents many students from getting to their seat until after kickoff.

This is why they tried to put in the incentive to go to games early, by giving more loyalty points.

However, the loyalty points system was never explained, and seemed like a complete waste of time.
 
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I liked that they just make you pay $10 every game and make the guest pay face-value for students. They changed it from last year, varying between $20-$10 every game, with $20 being for the "big" games last year. Granted, guest tickets were cheaper, I think, but I like the new system. They're starting to get out the bugs. You can't get free tickets forever. I'll admit I whined at first on having to pay for tickets, but I understand the times and how the economy is and I got over it.

I also think it is a good idea for students not to buy season tickets, because you don't know if half of them will show up to each game. $10 is not that bad for each game. If you're devoted to the football program, how hard is to the get on the website and take maybe 5 min out of your time to reserve and purchase tickets every week?

Don't forget though, basketball tickets are still free...
 
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supervol01 said:
I liked that they just make you pay $10 every game and make the guest pay face-value for students. They changed it from last year, varying between $20-$10 every game, with $20 being for the "big" games last year. Granted, guest tickets were cheaper, I think, but I like the new system. They're starting to get out the bugs. You can't get free tickets forever. I'll admit I whined at first on having to pay for tickets, but I understand the times and how the economy is and I got over it.

I also think it is a good idea for students not to buy season tickets, because you don't know if half of them will show up to each game. $10 is not that bad for each game. If you're devoted to the football program, how hard is to the get on the website and take maybe 5 min out of your time to reserve and purchase tickets every week?

Don't forget though, basketball tickets are still free...
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Stop it with the logic.

UT students are more spoiled than the public fan base in my opinion.
 
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Smokey1210 said:
I say the University gives the student the amount of seats they averaged for the years previous. I also say give them to them for free, but sell the amount for the next season they chose not to use the previous year. I would not allow them to get more unless they used all allotted for the previous year. I think it is sad that the students don't show up to the games. Maybe they will realize that if they don't go they will not be able to the next year and as long as they average the amount that they are slotted now they will always have them. It's called supporting your school when they are down and up. Let the torching begin!
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I don't have an opinion on the student ticket thing b/c I'm an alum and just own regular (cheap seat) season tix. I just wanted to say that your avatar is priceless. I almost spit out my drink on the keyboard. lol :lolabove:
 
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I recently graduated from UT, and had no problem paying for the tickets. I am not rich, and worked 40 hours most weeks in addition to being a full-time student. I would love to still be able to buy tickets for 10 - 15 bucks. If you don't go to a UT game because of that price, then you are not much of a fan anyway. What the hell else is there to do on a Saturday in one of the meccas for college football.
 
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aekdb151 said:
tickets are included in the student activities fee. we shouldn't have to pay twice.
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No they aren't.

Straight form Hilltopics.

Programs and Services Fee
Students registered for classes at UTK must pay a Programs and Services Fee of $25.00 per hour ($300.00 maximum). This fee is used to pay for costs related to several UTK facilities including the Aquatics Center and the University Center as well as Student Health Services, student activities and publications, and the Student Government Association. Payment of the fee is required to be eligible to purchase student athletic tickets. Some programs and services are available only to students paying the full-time fee and others are available to all students. Part-time students (taking at least 6 hours) who are seeking athletic tickets must pay the full-time fee to be eligible to purchase tickets. Questions should be addressed to the Dean of Students Office. On the first official day of classes and beyond, the Program and Services Fee becomes a non-refundable fee.
 
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paying a fee to purchase tickets is not necessarily "paying for tickets" so i was wrong in that respect. however, to purchase tickets, one must pay a fee to be able to buy football tickets. so essentially, students still pay twice.
 
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aekdb151 said:
paying a fee to purchase tickets is not necessarily "paying for tickets" so i was wrong in that respect. however, to purchase tickets, one must pay a fee to be able to buy football tickets. so essentially, students still pay twice.
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Just pay the ten dollars. Dang. How hard is it to come up with 10 -15 bucks.
 
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Smokey1210 said:
I say the University gives the student the amount of seats they averaged for the years previous. I also say give them to them for free, but sell the amount for the next season they chose not to use the previous year. I would not allow them to get more unless they used all allotted for the previous year. I think it is sad that the students don't show up to the games. Maybe they will realize that if they don't go they will not be able to the next year and as long as they average the amount that they are slotted now they will always have them. It's called supporting your school when they are down and up. Let the torching begin!
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You are acting like the tickets go unused if the students don't use them which is wrong.

All the student tickets not used are released to the public a couple days before the game.
 
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I see a lot more whining from our drunkard general public fans who invade campus on weekends concerning student tickets than I do from students themselves. This is a non-issue.

If you people want to pay $10 per ticket then there will be plenty of tickets available outside the stadium for about that price. I'll return to being spoiled by my $675 engineering fee and $700 book prices and the privilege of paying a fee to be able to buy the tickets in the first place. I pay quite enough to UT and I still go to the games. I don't see why they didn't just roll the ticket price into the activities fee in the first place though. It would be much less conspicuous, most students wouldn't even know why the fee went up and tickets would still be "free." Plus, I miss lining up outside the university center to get tickets.
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"How the economy is?"

You are aware that the UTAD is still making a killing, right? The decision to start charging students had nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with gouging students to make a few hundred thousand extra dollars a year.
 
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#21
Ask mama and daddy if they will send you some money for tickets especially those students who don't work at all , not even during the summer.:cray:
 
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I don't have a dog in the hunt here, but I agree that if I were a student facing annul 10% tuition increases, I would be put off being asked to pay for a ticket to go to the home games.

If it's really a money issue, just roll the cost into the student fees and be done with it.
 
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7 home games this season equals $70.00... just pay the money instead of buying so much booze & whatever your choice of recreational thang is.. I realize it's expensive to attend UT but geez, it's way costly to run an athletic department and University... I don't think $70.00 will break the bank if you want to attend a football game..
 
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cmelton7 said:
Just pay the ten dollars. Dang. How hard is it to come up with 10 -15 bucks.
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Thank you. I don't know if they still exist or not, but there were multiple facebook groups about "boycotting" games because of a 10 dollar ticket. It didn't really bother me that much because I figured a bunch of those people were there to just be seen and make it a big social event.

idiotman82 said:
Its ten fricking dollars. Get over it. And I'm a current student.
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This. Even though the tickets do cost us now, it is still only 10 dollars to see UT football. We students need to take advantage of this because as soon as we shed student status, those tickets are going to cost us 50 dollars or more.
 
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