[NU Sports] NU fans jump the gun (fwd)

[Jim Leonard]

All,

I realize this will not change the current situation for the Sun Bowl, but is
it possible to require that all season ticket holders purchase at least 1 bowl
ticket for every two seats they hold? They can certainly work this in to the
'wildcat priority points' system.

Jim

--- szeller at comcast.net wrote:

> For any of you concerned about NU selling its allotment, go on to
> NUSports.com and buy a donation ticket to the Sun Bowl. You can donate the
> ticket to a serviceman at the nearby base, or to a student, all online. It is
> only $37 and each ticket counts towards our total. You get a little donation
> in before the end of the year, and maybe one of our soldiers gets to go to a
> football game for free.
> 
> It felt good to do this on so many levels. Rather than complaining about
> other fans, we can all do this little bit and make selling our allotment a
> moot point.
> 
> Scott Zeller MD
> Med '86
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "John A. DeGroat" <johnadeg at bellatlantic.net> 
> 
> > NU should have made the point to buy tickets through NU for any bowl 
> > game to which we were invited. There was no reason to wait until we 
> > knew to which bowl we were going. Maybe nest time we will have learned. 
> > 
> > John DeGroat 
> > 
> > Mike Nolan wrote: 
> > 
> > >>For a team to get the most bang for its bowl bucks, it's important to 
> > >>communicate to the fan base that the school gets credit only for sales
> that 
> > >>come from its allotment. It's a problem sometimes in the hours just after
> a 
> > >>bowl selection is announced, as impatient fans who want to guarantee
> their 
> > >>seats don't wait to hear about the school distribution. 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > > 
> > >Perhaps if the seats allocated to the teams weren't among the worst in 
> > >the house this wouldn't happen. 
> > >-- 
> > >Mike Nolan 
> > > 
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