Tennessee isn't the only SEC school raping its football fans at the box office

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Georgia says its fans can't buy a Tennessee-Bulldog ticket for the Oct. 10 game in Knoxville unless they've made a cumulative lifetime contribution of $21,950 to the Georgia athletics department.
It'll take a $4,000 contribution to buy a ticket to Georgia's Sept. 5 opener at Oklahoma State.
Tickets for the Oct. 3 Georgia home game with LSU will require lifetime contributions of $42,500. And Georgia fans wanting to buy home season tickets for the first time will have to fork over $4,205 in lifetime contributions.
That is extortion, pure and simple. The guilty parties are Georgia athletics director Damon Evans and president Michael Adams. Both should be jailed. Isn't there an attorney general somewhere with enough guts to bring an extortion indictment against bandits like these?
 
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They must be selling alot of season tickets to be able to do this, Okie State did the same thing last year, remember the OU OSU game at the end of the year when they had all those empty seats because you had to pay a lifetime donation to get the seats.
 
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utfantilidie said:
Georgia says its fans can't buy a Tennessee-Bulldog ticket for the Oct. 10 game in Knoxville unless they've made a cumulative lifetime contribution of $21,950 to the Georgia athletics department.
It'll take a $4,000 contribution to buy a ticket to Georgia's Sept. 5 opener at Oklahoma State.
Tickets for the Oct. 3 Georgia home game with LSU will require lifetime contributions of $42,500. And Georgia fans wanting to buy home season tickets for the first time will have to fork over $4,205 in lifetime contributions.
That is extortion, pure and simple. The guilty parties are Georgia athletics director Damon Evans and president Michael Adams. Both should be jailed. Isn't there an attorney general somewhere with enough guts to bring an extortion indictment against bandits like these?
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Capitalism is now called extortion? That is not "change I can believe in."
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hatvol96 said:
Capitalism is now called extortion? That is not "change I can believe in."
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What about those people who have just recently graduated there and what to go but have all that student debt they just acquired from their institution to pay for?? It sounds a bit ludicrous to me, but hey, I've seen other dumb things like National Healthcare being done.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Capitalism is now called extortion? That is not "change I can believe in."
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That's assuming the putrid abortion that is UGA football has sufficient demand to sustain these prices. UGAA already lowered their donation requirements from last year. I guess time and the market will tell.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
What about those people who have just recently graduated there and what to go but have all that student debt they just acquired from their institution to pay for?? It sounds a bit ludicrous to me, but hey, I've seen other dumb things like National Healthcare being done.
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Perhaps UGA is due for some "End of Life Counseling"! :naughty:
 
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I'll make a deal with a UGA fan that wants to go to the UGA @ UT game this year, I'll sell them my 2 seats for $1,000.
 
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utfantilidie said:
Georgia says its fans can't buy a Tennessee-Bulldog ticket for the Oct. 10 game in Knoxville unless they've made a cumulative lifetime contribution of $21,950 to the Georgia athletics department.
It'll take a $4,000 contribution to buy a ticket to Georgia's Sept. 5 opener at Oklahoma State.
Tickets for the Oct. 3 Georgia home game with LSU will require lifetime contributions of $42,500. And Georgia fans wanting to buy home season tickets for the first time will have to fork over $4,205 in lifetime contributions.
That is extortion, pure and simple. The guilty parties are Georgia athletics director Damon Evans and president Michael Adams. Both should be jailed. Isn't there an attorney general somewhere with enough guts to bring an extortion indictment against bandits like these?
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Overly dramatic much?

You can go online or buy a ticket on the street for amounts much lower than anything you have stated above. Calm down.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
What about those people who have just recently graduated there and what to go but have all that student debt they just acquired from their institution to pay for?? It sounds a bit ludicrous to me, but hey, I've seen other dumb things like National Healthcare being done.
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What about them? The fact they just graduated from college doesn't give them a status any different than the guy who has been driving a truck for 30 years. If they have the money, they can buy the tickets. If not, that's life.
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kcvols1 said:
That's assuming the putrid abortion that is UGA football has sufficient demand to sustain these prices. UGAA already lowered their donation requirements from last year. I guess time and the market will tell.
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If they can't sell the tickets at those prices, they'll drop the donation amounts. It's capitalism. If people think the prices are too high, don't buy them. Calling the free market extortion is ludicrous.
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If they fill the seats there shouldn't be a single complaint from any right winger on the board. You're responsible for yourself and what you achieve, don't go looking for a break. Pure capitalism is unfettered supply and demand. Georgia can charge as much as they want as long as people are buying.
 
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utfantilidie said:
Georgia says its fans can't buy a Tennessee-Bulldog ticket for the Oct. 10 game in Knoxville unless they've made a cumulative lifetime contribution of $21,950 to the Georgia athletics department.
It'll take a $4,000 contribution to buy a ticket to Georgia's Sept. 5 opener at Oklahoma State.
Tickets for the Oct. 3 Georgia home game with LSU will require lifetime contributions of $42,500. And Georgia fans wanting to buy home season tickets for the first time will have to fork over $4,205 in lifetime contributions.
That is extortion, pure and simple. The guilty parties are Georgia athletics director Damon Evans and president Michael Adams. Both should be jailed. Isn't there an attorney general somewhere with enough guts to bring an extortion indictment against bandits like these?
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All this just amounts to prioritizing away games to season ticket holders. The longer you've been a season ticket holder, the more you've likely donated to the AD to get them. There is a high demand for away games like UT, so they are just saying the more you donate, the higher the chance of getting tickets. If you don't meet the donation threshold, don't bother to apply.
 
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tums said:
I really hope you're not talking about healthcare. Because first of all this is a football board, and second you would be flat wrong.
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I'm not going to waste precious brain cells wondering wtf you are talking about.
 
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I don't go to games...I'd rather watch them on my tv, in my livingroom, where cokes aren't $7.50 and theres rarely a line at the restroom. I have my own private replay booth, and the nachos are to die for.
 
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This thread = funny. Agree, you don't pay those prices, then they will bring them down.
 
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utfantilidie said:
Georgia says its fans can't buy a Tennessee-Bulldog ticket for the Oct. 10 game in Knoxville unless they've made a cumulative lifetime contribution of $21,950 to the Georgia athletics department.
It'll take a $4,000 contribution to buy a ticket to Georgia's Sept. 5 opener at Oklahoma State.
Tickets for the Oct. 3 Georgia home game with LSU will require lifetime contributions of $42,500. And Georgia fans wanting to buy home season tickets for the first time will have to fork over $4,205 in lifetime contributions.
That is extortion, pure and simple. The guilty parties are Georgia athletics director Damon Evans and president Michael Adams. Both should be jailed. Isn't there an attorney general somewhere with enough guts to bring an extortion indictment against bandits like these?
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honestly, Tennessee has been behind most SEC schools in dealing with ticket holders...they are jsut now catching up with others
 
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LWSVOL said:
honestly, Tennessee has been behind most SEC schools in dealing with ticket holders...they are jsut now catching up with others
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Unfortunately, you are correct. But I will give them credit. With the increased prices and changes in donor policies over the last several years there have been improvements. I have more personal contact from the VASF that I never had in years past. And the facilities are being continuously improved.

They aren't just ratcheting up the cost for the same return on the investment.
 
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It's simple supply and demand. Supply is very limited, and demand is practically infinite.

If the tickets all cost a stick of juicy-fruit each, there would still be thousands of fans complaining because the tickets sold out and they didn't get a chance to go to the game.

And like someone said, you can always scalp. I've never bought a ticket at a box office for a collegiate event in my life. I buy tickets for my parents all the time for football games, but I can afford to as a student by buying them from alumni who aren't looking to turn a profit, just put the seats to use, for a fourth of their value.
 
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If you think ticket prices are too high don't go to the games.

I didn't know that someone who voluntarily chooses to buy tickets to a game at a high rate constituted extortion.
 
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billbattle said:
You are absolutely correct. If Fulmer didn't have such a propensity for losing home games, opposing fans wouldn't be so anxious to come to Knoxville.
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My wife and I have had season tickets since 1982 ( we "voluntary" contribute to the VSAF each year) and attended all home games and many away ones. We decided after the Wyoming game that if the status quo remained (i.e. the coaching staff) that we would cancel ours this yr. My friend and his wife who travel with us said the same thing; we all concluded that there would have been tons of empty seats this year because of the frustration level. So, we'll be back, as always, but only because of the change in coaches. It's amazing what "pragmatic capitalism" accomplishes. And because of that pragmatic capitalism, we got Coach Kiffin. Ain't America grand!!!!
 
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