Students - get a ticket for a friend

#26
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ButchPlz said:
When I was in school a decade ago, working 30+ hours a week, I had usually $200 in "spending money" after living expenses and, you know, school stuff was covered. Some months it's a quarter of that going to games- so I missed a few, because some months I had less and some months I needed it for other things like club dues and gas, etc.

It makes no sense. Tennessee puts a ****** product on the field and asks the people that are investing loads of their time, money, and life into the school to pay more to attend a game. $10 or not it's ridiculous.

And a $700 programs and services fee is stupid, too.
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I guess my point is that, even back then, you were paying full price for those tickets too. I guarantee some portion of your tuition was covering it.

"Free student tickets" is like "free Healthcare" lol. Deferred or hidden costs are still costs paid.

I honestly think it's more fair to charge close to full price for student tickets and lower everyone's tuition. That way the only people paying for football seats are the students that actually want to go to the games.
 
#27
#27
Thursday game, Bowling Green, Bat Flu, 15 years of bad football.......good call.

Things will be different in a month.
 
#31
#31
Ease up on the students. If you've ever been around teens and teens+, they're slow af about taking care of things we think are important and it's the first week of school.

In their mind, tickets aren't going anywhere for a game against who? Bowling Green? while getting in their rooms, getting back in the grind, getting a little sumthin-sumthin, getting books, getting food and fed, means there's lots to do.

Chill, grandpa. I got this.
 
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Ten_Titans said:
I mean it's $10. And the programs and services fee is like $700.

If the fee was quietly changed to $710 and the tickets were "free" would that really be any better?

The ones really being screwed over by this are the kids paying for the tickets through their tuition fees who don't care about football and don't go to the games.
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Maybe they use other services like student government (something I didnt give a crap about) or Chess or ski Club (another). If someone is going to college and doesnt experience anything outside of the classroom, that is sad, but I understand it happens. Nothing, and I mean nothing supports the university outside of taxpayers money like a successful athletic program. Those donations help improve the overall experience for all students.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It's the filling seats aspect of this that is surprising, I'd think the demand would far exceed the supply.
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I wouldn't say its surprising, its more sad. I am not surprised. They have put a sh!t product on the field every year since 2009 with 2014-2016 being the exception. "Brand loyalty" is tougher to come by with newer fans when that happens.

And thats a knock on the coaches, not the players. Every team had the capability to be at least goodish.
 
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ButchPlz said:
When I was in school a decade ago, working 30+ hours a week, I had usually $200 in "spending money" after living expenses and, you know, school stuff was covered. Some months it's a quarter of that going to games- so I missed a few, because some months I had less and some months I needed it for other things like club dues and gas, etc.

It makes no sense. Tennessee puts a ****** product on the field and asks the people that are investing loads of their time, money, and life into the school to pay more to attend a game. $10 or not it's ridiculous.

And a $700 programs and services fee is stupid, too.
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Gotta find someway to fund the pointless programs that make people feel good about themselves and distract them from the reality that their degree in Mississippian Culture Aerolithology with a minor in Quasi-Fictional Xenoanthropology, is a giant waste of time and money.
 
#38
#38
Voltopia said:
It's pandemic year two, it's Bowling Green on a Thursday, and Tennessee's run in the past ten years has been pretty poor. We also returned some of our ticket allotment to Alabama. I'm not saying Vol fans are driving off the cliff or anything, but the constant mediocrity is definitely taking a toll on the enthusiasm.

All that said, get a few good wins under the belt and I guarantee tickets sales will pick up and the demand will be back to normal.
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I don't even think it will take that long. If we have a good showing against BG, the Pitt game will be jam packed.
 
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#39
#39
If games aren't a sellout, students can just wait 'til the day of the game to pick up a ticket if they feel like going, and they know that. Demand for tickets will follow wins, and then students will get back in the habit of buying earlier. However many seats are still available right now, you can either wait until gameday gets closer to see how those sell, not really knowing how much the demand for tickets will be moved by a new coach, a new team, a year with no social distancing restrictions in the stadium... or you can do this free guest ticket thing, and say hey, free seats, and give demand a nudge early. I'd call this a cool thing - it shows an athletic department that cares about a having as good of a gameday environment as possible, more than it cares about maximizing revenue.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
It's the filling seats aspect of this that is surprising, I'd think the demand would far exceed the supply.
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There probably won't be any sellouts this season. It's an odd year and the biggest conf. games are UGA & USC. Back in 2019, the largest crowds were for BYU & UGA. Both were in the 92-93K range.
 
#42
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ButchPlz said:
When I was in school a decade ago, working 30+ hours a week, I had usually $200 in "spending money" after living expenses and, you know, school stuff was covered. Some months it's a quarter of that going to games- so I missed a few, because some months I had less and some months I needed it for other things like club dues and gas, etc.

It makes no sense. Tennessee puts a ****** product on the field and asks the people that are investing loads of their time, money, and life into the school to pay more to attend a game. $10 or not it's ridiculous.

And a $700 programs and services fee is stupid, too.
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Is the programs and services fee really $700 per semester by this point? Holy crap that is obscene.

I used to think $165 a semester was sky high.
 
#43
#43
stolitonic said:
Is the programs and services fee really $700 per semester by this point? Holy crap that is obscene.

I used to think $165 a semester was sky high.
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No kidding. When I was there the activities fee was $100 and included tickets to FB, BB and whatever else I wanted to attend.
 
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OrangeEtBlanc said:
While ticket sales against the low-tier OOC matchups aren’t selling well, I think that the typical big games sales seem to be fine.

Just checked the single tickets on All Vols last night and every big game has a “limited” selection. The games against BG, TnTech, South Alabama, and Vandy still have “good” selection regarding seats. People don’t want to spend their shrinking expendable income on bad games, but will on good matchups.

We’ve had yet another down year and coaching change coupled with the societal & economic effects of COVID. It’s going to take a bit before EVERY game at Neyland is full again.

Nothing to worry about yet, IMHO.
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UGA game still has lower level tickets for sale last time I looked
 
#45
#45
imw8n4u said:
No kidding. When I was there the activities fee was $100 and included tickets to FB, BB and whatever else I wanted to attend.
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Yep. All sports and all the stupid plays, performances, etc. to get extra cred if you attended, were included.
 
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